Dot & Georges .

[T1 Terry]

Fit a speed limiter instead and just drive with your foot flat to the floor Without a vacuum source young George will be super busy sorting that one out as all off the shelf cruise control units use vacuum to pull the exaggerator linkage to increase speed.

T1 Terry

[Toolman]

Fuso is now German owned, try DaimlerAG

[SteveW]

On one vehicle I fitted, I drilled a hole in the inlet manifold, tapped it, and fitted a brass nipple. Worked a treat. You'd have to take off from 12v though.

[Dot]

Fuso is now German owned, try DaimlerAG

No good there either, they sent my request to the Australian mob and they don't want anything to do with the "imported" stuff. Believe me I have bombarded every business/company with the words Mitsubishi Fuso all over the world. Now if someone loves a challenge Need to know someone that works in a fuso workshop in Japan to get anything of value.

[Toolman]

My wife speaks Japanese but I dont think that she can read so well.

[SteveW]

My wife speaks Japanese but I dont think that she can read so well.

A statement of fact - or merely a male perspective of women?

[T1 Terry]

On one vehicle I fitted, I drilled a hole in the inlet manifold, tapped it, and fitted a brass nipple. Worked a treat. You'd have to take off from 12v though.

That won't work with a turbo charged diesel, there is no vacuum and all boost pressure in the manifold. It would require a separate vacuum pump, they come in electric these days as most small diesel cars are turbo charged but require vacuum for their brakes, these are also 12v of course so a separate 12v system would need to be established as well, too much load for a 24v to 12v to handle as the start up amps required by the vacuum pump can be quite high.
Personally, I wouldn't fit cruise control to a heavy vehicle or use it when towing, that split second reaction that comes with driving experience is gone when cruise control is engaged and the brain tends to slip into neutral when not being used to maintain throttle control. The true indicator that you need to take a break is speed creep in either direction, that warning sign is gone as well. A little too fast into a corner or the corner closes up unexpectedly and that instinct to lift off the throttle slightly and then reapply it to shift the weight from the steer to the drive is gone as cruise control is operating the throttle, so it needs to be disengaged first. A touch of the brakes will do that, but hitting the brakes is the worst thing you could do in that situation and the time to realise there is a problem, tap the brake and then regain throttle control as it suddenly went from accelerate to closed throttle putting al the weight on the already over loaded steer tyres and that split second you had to sort things out is gone, you are just along for the ride.......

[Chuck]

Now if someone loves a challenge :

OK. Get George to rig up a system similar to the TV 'lift' unit in the bus, in the vicinity of the drivers seat to raise or lower a cement block onto the GO pedal. A little wheel adjuster - like on the computer mouse - for minute adjustment of weight/speed.

Simple.

If I was there I could probable show him how it's done ...

But then I'd probably wake up - wooden eye?

[dapope]

The cruise control on the swaggie has died, and the longer drives are harder work now. We usually disengage it in the windy bits anyway, but speed creep without it is a real issue for us. Takes no time to jump from 97 to 109 plus. Fuel consumption also suffers

[Dot]

The cruise control on the swaggie has died, and the longer drives are harder work now. We usually disengage it in the windy bits anyway, but speed creep without it is a real issue for us. Takes no time to jump from 97 to 109 plus. Fuel consumption also suffers

That is so true Martin, I found that to be the case = the ease of how the speed just crept up without noticing it.