Speed Control recall - ?
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Laughing Gas
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Speed Control recall - ?
Do any of you know SPECIFICALLY how the recall is implemented?
I know Ford uses a small harness with a male and female connector that splices in series with the brake control swithc on the mater cylinder.
What I want to know is - what does that harness include/do?
CMOS
PS: I ask this because the dealer just disconnected my cruise when I took it in for some other service. They don't have the recall part and have no idea when they will have it, and I'd sure like to have my CC back for a long trip in a few weeks. If I know what/how this fix does, I may be able to reeproduce it myself.
I know Ford uses a small harness with a male and female connector that splices in series with the brake control swithc on the mater cylinder.
What I want to know is - what does that harness include/do?
CMOS
PS: I ask this because the dealer just disconnected my cruise when I took it in for some other service. They don't have the recall part and have no idea when they will have it, and I'd sure like to have my CC back for a long trip in a few weeks. If I know what/how this fix does, I may be able to reeproduce it myself.
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Well, it's ood - after they told me they didn't have the parts, on a hunch, I called the parts deprtament. "We have plenty of these in stock."
Service writer, who I have uesed for the last 12 or so years looks into it and says FOMOCO says not to use the parts in stock, that a newer part is coming out for the recall.
My question still is - what does the recall part do? An in-line fuse? A series resistor? What are they doing to remedy the recall?
CMOS
Service writer, who I have uesed for the last 12 or so years looks into it and says FOMOCO says not to use the parts in stock, that a newer part is coming out for the recall.
My question still is - what does the recall part do? An in-line fuse? A series resistor? What are they doing to remedy the recall?
CMOS
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Originally Posted by MCDT
What... so there is a recall on the recall?? So my 01 EB that had the recall done last fall has got the bad new parts?
I don't know. I only know what I was told.
If I can get a better understanding of WHAT the recall does I'll do the damn thing myself just so I don't have to wait and take it back in again for 10 minutes fo work.
MCDT - do you have the receipt from the dealer when they did the recall for yours? Got a part number?
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MCDT - do you have the receipt from the dealer when they did the recall for yours? Got a part number?
Man you are asking a very disorganized person to find something from months ago! Let me see what I can do when I get home from work.
Man you are asking a very disorganized person to find something from months ago! Let me see what I can do when I get home from work.
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Ford says that some of the harnesses that were shipped for the recall were incorrectly made with the fuse in the wrong wire. I have heard that a newer part with fuses in both wires is coming out. Ford wants the dealers to disconnect the cruise switch until the new part is in stock. That what I've been told.
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Some more info I found out from my service advisor (after all but holding a gun to his head...): He says the issue stems from the brake switch sensor (on the master cylinder resevoir assembly) leaking brake fluid through the sensor. Fluid messes with the connector shell and electrical contacts causing a high resistance connection = heat = burnt connector and or wires = sometimes marshmallow roating flames. He figures "maybe sometime in May" for the part to be available.
My sensor is bone dry and has no discoloration on it or the connector, so I hooked it back up. Going on a trip in a couple weeks, honeymoon actually
and I do want the CC for that trip.
CMOS
My sensor is bone dry and has no discoloration on it or the connector, so I hooked it back up. Going on a trip in a couple weeks, honeymoon actually
and I do want the CC for that trip.CMOS
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The area around the connector to the cruise control swith on the master cylinder was insulated with a special material called Kapton (Google "Kapton", it will scare you to death). The problem with this material is that it has been known to spontaneously combust whether it is carying current or not causing fires under the hood. The replacement part is made with a more conventional insulation. Unfortunately, this insulation was developed for aerospace use and is used extensively on the airplanes we all travel in!
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