Check ALL the connectors in the system . . . On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On my 95 E300 early in the summer the cruise control quit working. I > swapped in a rebuilt Programa unit I had bought for another 95 that I > pulled off the road due to rust. This unit was probably a couple of years > old, was not used more than a year. So anyway, cruise worked fine then I > started noticing while driving I could feel it dropping out then kick back > in right away. Just felt like a little surge. Over the course of a few > days it got worse. It then got to the point where it would drop out > completely and then sudden kick back in on its own a minute or 2 later. > This progressed to dropping out, then kicking back in 10 minutes later, > then it just quick working all together. I figured it amp was bad again so > I rebuilt the original amp with new caps and resoldered it. I installed it > this past weekend and tested the car and it worked. Previously with this > original unit it would not kick in at all. Today I drove the car and took > it for a 2 hour drive and the cruise worked great. On the way back I > started feeling the same surging/dropping out it was doing before. At one > point it dropped out for about 5 minutes then kicked back in. After that > it worked fine again but sometimes could feel it dropping out for a split > second then kick back in. Other times it would go a long time and never do > it. So basically its starting to do the same thing the rebuilt Programa > unit was doing. I am starting to wonder if there is another issue. Could > it be something with the actuator or the speed sensor in the speedo? Maybe > its loosing power to the amp, maybe a flaky fuse. I need to check that. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
