cruise control
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From: NJ ... the garbage state
ebay, 175 for the full kit to do it, steering wheel, servo motor, wires, and all. Ford dealer instal kit. I alsmot bought it for mine, but 99-01 trucks use one, 02-04 use another. pretty easy to do, only scary cause you have to remove air bag. make sure you get the gas motor one, not the diesel kit.
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I thought that cruise control on a manual trans was ridiculous at first but my '03 5.4L/6-speed came with it and it's great. There's very few hills that my truck won't climb in OD. Occasionally there's a big hill where I have to downshift to avoid lugging the engine but usually, I set it at 60 mph and don't touch it at all. As soon as you press the clutch (or the brakes of course), the cruise control disengages.
Last edited by n578md; Jun 22, 2004 at 03:59 PM.
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for those hills u KNOW it will lug....
just cheat and give it some throttle BEFORE the hill if u can....
I used to do it all the time to save the downshift :-)
Not that I was usually going slow enough that ANY hill would lug.... but :-)
just cheat and give it some throttle BEFORE the hill if u can....
I used to do it all the time to save the downshift :-)
Not that I was usually going slow enough that ANY hill would lug.... but :-)
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From: NJ ... the garbage state
yes, the factory air bag goes back into place. the kits shown on ebay, with the ford part number, is the same as if u had factory installed cruise. same steering wheel and everything. its a great deal cause the steering wheel alone is like 150 list from ford, and the kit lists for about 360. i am hoping to get the 175 deal for my truck soon, otherwise i am gonna have to fork over the 275-300 deals i have seen.