[928uk] 928uk Digest, Vol 306, Issue 9

[Mike Miller]

Kris Rose did mine for my 82s 5spd very pleased with result Mike Miller
Brisbane

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>    1. S1 Cruise Control Unit (Garfield Smith)
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>    3. Re: S1 Cruise Control Unit (Grant Armstrong)
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> From: Garfield Smith <garfieldjsmith at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: [928uk] S1 Cruise Control Unit
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> Morning,
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> Could anyone recommend an electronic engineer in the UK to repair an S1
> Cruise Control Unit ? They're NLA from Porsche.
>
> I know Roger in the US sells reconditioned units.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Garfield
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> From: Howard Miller <howardsmiller at gmail.com>
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> I could be talking rubbish, but I seem to recall a recent discussion that
> mostly concluded that they aren't economical to fix.
>
> There's several on eBay right now for around the ?100 mark.
>
> Might be worth a check for dry solder joints or even a "re-cap" but the
> hassle/expense would be creating some sort of test rig to work on them
> properly.
>
> Howard
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> On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 at 12:05, Garfield Smith via 928uk <
> 928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
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> >
> > Morning,
> >
> > Could anyone recommend an electronic engineer in the UK to repair an S1
> > Cruise Control Unit ? They're NLA from Porsche.
> >
> > I know Roger in the US sells reconditioned units.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Garfield
> >
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:36:38 +1300
> From: Grant Armstrong <grant.strongarm at gmail.com>
> To: Howard Miller <howardsmiller at gmail.com>
> Cc: Garfield Smith <garfieldjsmith at hotmail.com>,
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> Hi,
>
> I had a great experience with Kris Rose who repaired the unit on my 86.5
>
> http://www.cruisecontrolrepair.com/home
>
> He?s based in the US. You send the unit to him, and he repairs and posts it
> back to you.
>
> Kris was excellent to deal with, and it was all done very quickly.
>
> The only other thing I would mention is that you need to make sure the
> vacuum pressure in the car is correct. It was only once my mechanic
> repaired the HVAC system that it started to work properly. And contrary to
> what I?ve heard, the cruise works really well. Not as good as a modern car
> obviously, but still very useable on the highway.
>
> All the best,
>
> Grant
>
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 1:22?am, Howard Miller via 928uk <
> 928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > I could be talking rubbish, but I seem to recall a recent discussion that
> > mostly concluded that they aren't economical to fix.
> >
> > There's several on eBay right now for around the ?100 mark.
> >
> > Might be worth a check for dry solder joints or even a "re-cap" but the
> > hassle/expense would be creating some sort of test rig to work on them
> > properly.
> >
> > Howard
> >
> > On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 at 12:05, Garfield Smith via 928uk <
> > 928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Morning,
> > >
> > > Could anyone recommend an electronic engineer in the UK to repair an S1
> > > Cruise Control Unit ? They're NLA from Porsche.
> > >
> > > I know Roger in the US sells reconditioned units.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Garfield
> > >
> >
>
>
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