testrider Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Hi all, I just ordered an Audiovox ccs-100 cruise control on Amazon.com for $90 shipped. My XX is a 97 with carb. Does anybody have any pics of the throttle linkage where the ccs100 cable attached to? Thanks. -mike- PS: This is the only link I found but it's an EFI XX: http://home.comcast.net/~steve.huminski/cb...ndex_cruise.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4XX Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 BartonMD has this setup on his 97 XX. Might PM him, it isnt an easy thing to get set right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testrider Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 BartonMD has this setup on his 97 XX. Might PM him, it isnt an easy thing to get set right. Thanks for the pointer. I'll do that. -mike- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Mike, I may or may not have pictures of it... I'll have to look deeper (but I did not find any in a quick search) I just bent the cable bracket to fit, and attached it to an engine bolt down there somewhere... I put the brains/diaphram under the seat, behind where the seat latches, and in front of the tail light... For attachment to the carb, I first tried just attaching the cable loop around the part on carb 3 that transfers the throttle position to carb 2... That proved to not be enough leverage for the unit, as it would overshoot badly, and wouldn't hold on hills above about 70mph... I ended up putting a small hole in that flat part that I mentioned above, and putting a 1" long #6 or #8-32 machine screw in it, and using a bunch of nuts to space the eye (attached to the cable) out to the end of the screw. (so that it faces forward and down on closed throttle, and the wire goes in between the bolts, NOT OVER THE TOP (someone on here proved on an FI bird that it can get caught and hold the throttle WFO) This gave is enough leverage, and toned the response down quite a bit, and it works great. You will need a vacuum canister and a 3-way check valve (mine is for Buick)... U first used 2" PVC pipe 8" long, 2 end caps, and epoxied a hose barb onto one end... This collapsed from the vacuum and head, in a period of a month or so, but just in the middle... I then used a 2.5" piece of 2" PVC pipe, between 2 ends (read: only about 1/4" between the ends), and it's been just fine for something like 3 years now... I'll try and get some pictures for you, in the next couple of days... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testrider Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Mike, Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. - did you drill the hole on the flat part while it was still on the throttle body? Was there enough room to get a hand drill down there? - have you tried without a vacuum canister first? I wonder if it works without one? - why a 3-way check valve? I thought a 1-way check valve and a T-connector is ok? Something like this: engine vacuum <----- check valve <------- T-connector<----- canister Then connect the T-connector to the cruise? - Did you set the Audiovox switches the same as per the link for the EFI XX? Thanks again. -mike- Mike, I may or may not have pictures of it... I'll have to look deeper (but I did not find any in a quick search) I just bent the cable bracket to fit, and attached it to an engine bolt down there somewhere... I put the brains/diaphram under the seat, behind where the seat latches, and in front of the tail light... For attachment to the carb, I first tried just attaching the cable loop around the part on carb 3 that transfers the throttle position to carb 2... That proved to not be enough leverage for the unit, as it would overshoot badly, and wouldn't hold on hills above about 70mph... I ended up putting a small hole in that flat part that I mentioned above, and putting a 1" long #6 or #8-32 machine screw in it, and using a bunch of nuts to space the eye (attached to the cable) out to the end of the screw. (so that it faces forward and down on closed throttle, and the wire goes in between the bolts, NOT OVER THE TOP (someone on here proved on an FI bird that it can get caught and hold the throttle WFO) This gave is enough leverage, and toned the response down quite a bit, and it works great. You will need a vacuum canister and a 3-way check valve (mine is for Buick)... U first used 2" PVC pipe 8" long, 2 end caps, and epoxied a hose barb onto one end... This collapsed from the vacuum and head, in a period of a month or so, but just in the middle... I then used a 2.5" piece of 2" PVC pipe, between 2 ends (read: only about 1/4" between the ends), and it's been just fine for something like 3 years now... I'll try and get some pictures for you, in the next couple of days... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Mike, Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. 1 did you drill the hole on the flat part while it was still on the throttle body? Was there enough room to get a hand drill down there? 2 have you tried without a vacuum canister first? I wonder if it works without one? 3 why a 3-way check valve? I thought a 1-way check valve and a T-connector is ok? Something like this: engine vacuum <----- check valve <------- T-connector<----- canister Then connect the T-connector to the cruise? 4 Did you set the Audiovox switches the same as per the link for the EFI XX? Thanks again. -mike- 1 You will have to take the carbs off of the engine, but I didn't have to take them apart from one another, or anything... The drill would have to be coming out of the engine to drill in the right place, at the right angle, otherwise. 2. Tried it without the canister... Needs one. 3. Yeah, that's fine... 4. I set it up per the directions, for a "high power" engine, and hooked both the tach and speedo wires to the tach. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testrider Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Thank you for all the info. When the cruise control is set and when it pulls or releases the throttle linkage, does the hand throttle also move by itself? Do you have to remove your right hand from the throttle when the cruise is engaged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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