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Written by Kevin Stoelb
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Sunday, 26 June 2005 |
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So, you are interested in putting cruise control in your Daihatsu Feroza / Daihatsu Rocky / Daihatsu Sportrak. A friend and I came up with this installation through experimentation, common sense, and good knowledge of the layout of the rocky/feroza. If you feel you have improvements on the design, please feel free to email me
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. I would be happy to include another point of view in the documentation. 
IF YOU DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU CAN INSTALL THIS KIT YOURSELF, PLEASE HAVE IT INSTALLED BY A PROFESSIONAL.
You will need an Audiovox CCS-100 cruise control kit. They are available at most auto parts stores. You will want to set the servo for "Manual Transmission without VSS", settings shown below. You will NOT need the magnet kit for installation into the rocky/feroza unless you want to have the extra safety of not being able to engage the cruise control under 35 MPH. For ease of installation, I chose to go with "manual transmission with tach only, no VSS wire".
You should have these tools available to you:
1. Drill with various sized bits up to 3/8"
2. Phillips screw drivers - no. 1 and 2 sizes
3. Tin snips or aviation shears
4. Various other tools used for electrical hookups
1. After a few frustrating tries, and a bit of sheer confusion, I think I finally have found the right settings for the Daihatsu Feroza / Daihatsu Rocky / Daihatsu Sportrak. These are the settings you should set on your servo unit: SW1-OFF, SW2-ON, SW3-OFF, SW4-OFF, SW5-ON, SW6-OFF, SW7-ON. So basically: 5000 PPM, Tach Only, High Sensitivity, Norm. Open Control Switch, and Coil Tach Source.
2. Make sure to remove the black jumper next to switch 1 on the DIP switch.
 
3. I chose to mount the servo next to the windshield washer reservoir, one for stability, two, to give the throttle cable enough room to not put any kinks or hard bends in the cable.
4. This is the throttle...notice the place to attach the cruise control cable. This would be where factory cruise would be installed, however, with a bit of fiddling, I decided to try something different, I used the shortest throttle wire loop that comes with the kit. The loop goes over the barrel on the existing cable. This setup actually works better too:
  
5. We modified one of the brackets to fit around the current throttle cable. I have two different setups shown above. Still working on determining which is the best setup. The first setup utilizes the factory cruise attachment on the throttle. The second utilizes a couple other components in the kit mentioned above. Here is why I believe the second setup is best: it allows a bit more leverage on the throttle as 1. it is attached at the same point the existing cable is, and 2. there is more movement for a shorter distance of cable travel due to the larger radius of the outer ring of the throttle (basic geometry).
 
6. This is the place I tapped into the vacuum line. I ended up having to get a longer vacuum hose from an auto parts store as the one supplied with the kit was not long enough. I used the medium sized white vacuum T supplied with the kit. From the throttle, look left and behind, you should see the vacuum hose coming out of the throttle body.
 
7. Here is the cable that you can get the tach signal from. Tap into the wire that goes into the ignition coil that DOES NOT show 12V on it with the ignition switch in the ON position (ie., not the blue with white stripe wire).
8. Now for the fun part, get all the wires that you need into the vehicle before attaching any connectors. Next, I mounted the control unit to the large black plastic insert on the left side of the steering column. You will need to drill holes in the plastic to pass the wires through. Tap into the brake wires per instructions (you can tap in at the brake switch under the dash). Make sure you connect the grey wire on the control unit to your parking lights (I tapped the rheostat so the lights will dim along with the dash lights). Find a switched voltage source and tap into it with the orange wire.
That's the cruise installation, easy huh? Hope you enjoy!
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Last Updated ( Monday, 31 October 2005 )
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I am curious as to how well the cruise you instaled in working? I am looking into doing the same.
Posted by Jordan Pawley, on Tuesday, 08 July 2008 at 6:44
can you fit this to a diesel fourtrak thanks
Posted by dave, on Friday, 01 December 2006 at 12:04
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