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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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Cruise Control

Ok.... one more and I'll stop asking questions for a bit

My cruise control quit working last summer. I'd like to get it going again. It's totaly dead, and I've checked the fuse.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot this? Does anyone have a Ford manual they can look in and maybe tell me the steps? I've got access to a 1993-1994 Ford Truck manual, but I think it might be too new to troubleshoot this problem.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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what year truck do you have would be a helpful addition to your post.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 08:30 PM
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Guess it sure would be...lol

My truck is a 1988 F-150 XLT Lariat 4X4 with a C6 auto transmission and 351 V8.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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Does it just not turn on? Does the horn work? Could be the clock spring.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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The horn does work, but the cruise is totaly dead.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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Check all components involved with the cruise control.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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The first thing to check is the vacuum lines. If the vacuum line is off or cracked, this will keep the cruise from working. This is a common cause of this problem.

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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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Mine quit working, and I traced it to an ignition on hot wire that was dead. Rather than spend a bunch of time tracing it, I just ran another accessory hot wire to it, and it had been working ever since. I think the wire was color coded white. You can check it with a VOM to see if it is dead or not.

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