The velocity management on this 65 Thunderbird hasn’t labored for over 40 years, on this video, I am going through the entire bit and items that make …
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The velocity management on this 65 Thunderbird hasn’t labored for over 40 years, on this video, I am going through the entire bit and items that make …
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Awsome video. I always wonder how they worked. Gotta love old technology.
Excellent diagnostics and repair. Mine didn't have this, so it was fascinating to learn how the system worked. Thank you as always for taking us along. ~ Chuck
Excellent. You are the only YouTube I’m aware of that walks through how this cruise control functions. Thanks for this.
Simply amazing. The things that they did before electronics took over. I had a 66 with speed control but back then the bellows was not reproduced so I never tried to make it work. I hope you do a video of it on the road someday.
Nice job. Every speed control unit I've ever seen has been broken. Never saw one working before. I like that you cover some of the unique features like this one or that remote trunk release. Hope to see more.
Sweet! My '65 also has the cruse control and since Vintage Thunderbirds said that they were not that good and unreliable, I just took mine out of the car and I have all the parts. I did find that the speedometer is two pieces. my upper one was broken. But after watching this video and since I am redoing all the vacuum lines on mine I just might reinstall it. Please post an update after you test it on the road! Thanks, and God bless.
A nice option that was probably rare . Great job on trouble shooting it , Thx.
Hey Alvin, excellent video. I cant believe you got that to work. Ive only ever seen one other work on a 1965 Thunderbird, and that was one I restored back in the mid 90's when they were not quite as old and decrepit as they are today. Ive seen hundreds of these on cars and not one worked. My 66 even had cruise on it but I removed it because its a pain in the ass that I didn't want to deal with. I think your very lucky that the cruise components on your car seem to be in fairly good condition. The fact that the speedometer cables were not broken or seized was a miracle in itself. I was hoping to see you remove and disassemble the sensor pump. Birds Nest used to have the oil for those, maybe they still do??? I think they also have the cruise only speedometer cables new. When testing the one I restored, I was never able to get the speed to stay constant when driving down the road. Once we set the cruise speed, it would either continue to speed up or slow down. Its been so long ago that I don't remember the details exactly, I just remember that it did that. It will be interesting to see what results you get once you test drive the car. Ill be looking forward to that video. Mike Johansson is correct, I always tell people to not waste their time fixing them since there are, for the most part, no parts available and they probably wont get them working. Maybe I was wrong for doing that. If I had convinced you not to fix yours, maybe we would not have gotten this great video. My bad. Your video is very informative and interesting and hopefully it will motivate someone to fix their cruise. It would be nice if the parts were available but there are not enough cars with the option to warrant the investment. FYI, 1964-65 Thunderbirds have the same cruise control components. 1966 is different. Also, at 23:00 in the video when you start the car, see your steering wheel turn to the right? And then every time you raised the idle it turned to the right again. Your power steering gear box is bad. Thanks Alvin.
Alvin,
That was very educational, my friend. Pearline doesn't have cruise control, but it was still good to see how the old ones worked. Good show.
Regards,
John
I do like a good troubleshooting session. I'm glad it wasn't anything serious and you could get it woring with just the new baffle. I don't have cruise on mine so I get to skip this one. Great video
Hello Alvin. Awesome video! The detailed information on how it works will be a great help for those that have this option.
George B
Great job! I just drug home a 65 Bird a couple of weeks ago, I haven't started working on it, and I'm not sure exactly what features it has yet. I do have nightmares from working on cruise control on Fords, Lincolns and Mercury's back in the early 70's. Subscribed.
Great that you got the cruise cntrl working. It's fun to get this stuff functioning again, when it can happen. My car doesn't have cruise, but I'm sure your video was helpful to many people.
Just a brilliant video. Well done and thank you!