Joined: Sun Jan 07 2007, 07:37PM
Location: London,Ontario
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I recently acquired a tilt steering column and cruise unit out of a 72 New Yorker and plan on installing it in my 65 Fury. Unfortunately I do not have an electrical diagram for the routing and color codes of the wires to connect the servo unit to my existing wiring. The "signal" codes and plug are identical so that's not an issue but the stick selector on the column and other wiring have me baffled. My existing steering wheel mounts well on this column and I can paint it the exact color myself. I'd love the convenience of "cruise" as I drive long distances to car shows.
You're possibly going to find it quite difficult to mount that column in your Fury, as the dimensions are very different IIRCC...
The Cruse unit is a vacuum controlled unit, and effectively only needs 12V to the right lead on the servo, a proper vacuum connection to the engine. Additionally, you'll need to fab up the mechanical linkage to the carburator (cable perhaps) from the servo. All that has to happen as well as the connection to the controller switch from the column which you say you've already identified.
Big job. If I couldn't find the factory 65-66 setup, (VERY RARE for Plymouth), I'd look into an aftermarket cruise set up, and use their gear. All the glitches already worked out.
Rostra makes two universal kits, found at the bottom of this page:
Joined: Sun Jan 07 2007, 07:37PM
Location: London,Ontario
Posts: 166
That's cool. I had looked into Dakota Digital - it was another option and come to think of it, you're probably correct. Had to take my driveshaft in for a remake and I can now probably put the pick-up sensor on the new shaft.