Author Topic: Definitive Cruise control Thread (Read 108580 times)

Zoso · « **Reply #15 on:** May 18, 2006, 08:52:15 AM »

Quote from: jonboy318is

i swear to god that mine came from the factory with cruise, all previous owners were women , and i just cant see them installing it.

it has the factory bracket on the left fender, and the control stalk on the steering column.....
prehaps it was a dealer installed item...... Tom Bush BMW rocks!

Can you please post pictures of the actuator/bracket, the cable, and the bracket where the cable connects to the throttle?

e9nine · « **Reply #16 on:** May 18, 2006, 05:53:57 PM »

Zoso - I got off my butt and took some pics for you. Too lazy to resize them so send me your e-mail address via PM and I'll send them zipped for you to do as you please. I have pics of the actuator, throttle cable part, the connector and the stalk wiring.

jakeb · « **Reply #17 on:** May 18, 2006, 06:25:16 PM »

can you send them to me as well

jake @ the guest room DOT net

twinpop171 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2006, 06:10:23 AM »

Quote from: Zoso

Can you please post pictures of the actuator/bracket, the cable, and the bracket where the cable connects to the throttle?

Ditto, pics please!

E9nine, can you send me your pics too please?
twinpop171@adelphia.net
Thanks, Dan.

e9nine · « **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2006, 07:54:15 AM »

The file size is 7426KB or 7MB. Please make sure your e-mail client can receive the file. If not, you're gonna have to wait till the w/end and I'll resize them and post them online (now I feel bad for being lazy :rolleyes: ) haha...

Zoso · « **Reply #20 on:** May 19, 2006, 11:46:19 AM »

Thanks for sending them! You mentioned you have more? If it's not too much trouble, could you take a few zoomed out too so we can see the general routing of the cables and wiring loom back throught he firewall? I'm curious where it goes through the firewall.

BTW - I'm very jealous!

I'll put them on my server:

Zoso · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2006, 11:47:29 AM »

e9nine · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2006, 11:58:32 AM »

Throttle body/Cruise cable clip: My cruise is disconnected as I don't use it. I have no intention to reconnect it and might swap it into my other m42.

Pic with wires...you will see the cylindrical shaped connector...that's where it connects to the cruise harness. I have not yet gone into my wiring yet as there's no reason but I have a spare cruise unit I gave to a friend which he isn't gonna use so I'll pick that up and take pics for you guys (might be about a week...)

Zoomed out pic: I'll get that out to you later.

Routing for cable through firewall.. hard to capture but I will try my best.

There are 2 wires that leave the actuator; one goes to the throttle body bracket and the other one goes into the car via firewall. I believe it's close to where the master cyl for the clutch is and you will see a rubber plug you can perforate when the time comes.

Zoso · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2006, 12:10:05 PM »

You're probably one of those people that doesn't care about cruise...

Sure you don't want to rip it out and sell it?

Thanks for the pics so far. IMO, the retrofit looks pretty easy with the exception of a throttle body bracket and the actuator mounting bracket - I'll need to determine if those are the same as the ones in the M20 or the M3 or maybe even an E36 318?

e9nine · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2006, 12:56:49 PM »

Z- Since you're the most DIY inclined person who always pulls through, I will send you the older cruise set up I have if you pay shipping. I'll explain why I got rid of it (broken clip) which can be fixed (I temporarily fixed it)

PM me for details.

As to the one I have now, I have sold a lot of petty parts this year just to make space and I think this might happen again since I will be moving so I'll keep you updated

The m20 bracket is entirely different for sure. If you look at my t.body bracket you will notice the cable runs on the "opposite side." It might have come from an m44 car?? You can see where you can detach it. I have a spare TB and bracket which I can take pics of to aid the comparison later on as well.

twinpop171 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:20:57 PM »

Quote from: e9nine

The file size is 7426KB or 7MB. Please make sure your e-mail client can receive the file. If not, you're gonna have to wait till the w/end and I'll resize them and post them online (now I feel bad for being lazy :rolleyes: ) haha...

Sorry for the full mailbox. I had to go back and delete some smut out anyhow.

Zoso thanks for hosting the pics, Dan.

Zoso · « **Reply #26 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:41:40 PM »

No prob, Dan. Thank e9 for taking them!

Ok, the braket that holds the actuator in place:

is not the same bracket that is used in the E30 325

It looks a lot more like the bracket in the M42 based E36:

Zoso · « **Reply #27 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:47:53 PM »

Here's the throttle body linkage:

Again, it is an E36 m42 based 318i part:

Zoso · « **Reply #28 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:52:28 PM »

It looks to me that the actuator itself:

is really the E36 M42 based 318i actuator:

This is the E30 325 actuator - notice the different mounting brackets:

Thanks E9 - those pictures are EXTEMELY helpful!

Zoso · « **Reply #29 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:56:59 PM »

So far we've learned that we need to use the 1995 M42 based 318i cruise actuator, actuator bracket, bowen cable, and throttle body bracket.

The next question is:
Does the 1995 E36 M42 based actuator have the same pinout and connector as the E30 cruise wiring loom? I'm guessing that the cruise computer in E9's car is an E30 cruise computer because it has to talk to the cluster to get the speed information and it has to talk to the stalk and clutch switch aswell. So my guess is that the E30 cruise wiring harness is also used.