cruise control tidbit

[ptmoore]

just purchased a 92 4x4 (my first dodge diesel) andall was well except the cc didn't work. first found the watchspring was broken so i replaced it as well as the well worn looking switches in the steering wheel. cruise would now work interrmitantly. next cleaned all the connectors i could find that had to do with the cc including the cps plug by the #1 valve cover. this morning on the way to work i noticed the volt guage slowly drop to about 10v ,thenonmy way home tonite when i turned on the headlights the guage dropped to 8v and so i pulled off the road to check it out. i remember reading a post about the cps being in with the alt. curcuit and low and behold when i lifted the cps plug into a verticle position the lights brightened up so i wiretied the plug to the heater hose and off i went to the house with a charging alt and a WORKING CRUISE CONTROL i m sure of a broken wire in the loom from the cps to the plug so ill order a new cps tommorrow. hope this might help some of u guys having cc problems you may have only a few strands of wire that havnt broken yet . something to check anyway since this connector is not secured from vibration from the factory? by the way how do i add my truck info to the end of a thread or post