Okay, I found out why my cruise doesn't work (87 E250 Quigley 4x4).

Seems the cable that goes from the cruise actuator to the carb was resting on the exhaust manifold and melted.

Anyone know where to get these ? the dealer didn't have them - nor Carquest,NAPA etc...

Now what ?


Thanks, Dan

 

Is it factory cruise? If so the dealer should be able to get it, take it in with you.. Tell there where it came from and they should be able to look it up.

 

yep, factory cruise..I called the dealer today and they shut me down....

 

Call a different dealer, sound like you got ahold of one that only wants to supply parts to itself and other shops. They have to have replacement cables, if you still can't find one call the junk yards...

 

There should be many in the scrap yards.

 

Resurrecting an old thread, but here goes...

I need the same cable you have mentioned for my 1982 E-350. Did you ever find one, and where? My dealer can only look up a 7 ft. cable or a 25 inch one (although I was not impressed with the parts counter help). I need about a 36 inch cable to run from the servo to the carb. My old one frayed the cable inside the tubing, and I'd rather get a new one than a junkyard specimen with the same tendencies.

 

A check of 5 junkyards did not turn up this item. Not many old E-350's out there, or else they are in ones that I didn't talk to. Checker, Autozone, etc turned up nada.

Still, I found a way.

A trip to the local bike shop turned up a brake cable used for caliper brakes. It was plenty long, and had a ball at one end. I put the ball into the beaded section by the throttle, and used a snowmobile throttle stop for the servo end. It worked for about 3 minutes, then the cable pulled through the throttle stop, which is just a big nut/bolt with a hole in the side. If I tightened it too much, it would cut into the cable.

I got another bike cable, and used the ball end at the throttle stop. At the throttle end I made a loop and crimped it with an electrical connector. I also changed to a lighter throttle return spring, and it seems to be holding up okay. I had to shave off part of the cable guide at the throttle end so the loop didn't bind up.

If the original cable guide had been melted, this wouldn't have worked.