discovery 2 cruise control

Mar 18, 2007 10 Replies
M

I saw this:

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decided to give it a try. Please understand that I am the world'sworst at DIY with just thumbs on two left hands. It took me about halfand hour to fit, and it works perfectly. I am pretty sure that cruiseas an option would cost more than =A360.


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M

I think it will fit. if you pull out the 3rd switch down on the right of the instument panel, it should have be blank, but have a white plug connected to the end of it. That's what the cruise plugs into.

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M

this:

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> and decided to give it a try. Please understand that I am the world's>> worst at DIY with just thumbs on two left hands. It took me about half>> and hour to fit, and it works perfectly. I am pretty sure that cruise>> as an option would cost more than £60.>>

So it suggets that all td5 disco 2's had the loom with cruise control, and thats just the switch to activate it.

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M

Just a bit more info: mine is a 2001 td5 xs manual, which I think is a fairly basic model.

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A

Yep, fits all TD5's. They were pre-wired and you just need the switch :-)

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Switches. The dash on is an overall on/off the steering wheel then has the set/+ and off/resume switches for use when it is on.

And yes it'll work with all TD5s, you can get all the switch parts as spares from Land Rover, what you can't get as a spare is the bracket that the steering switches attach to.

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Mark> So it suggets that all td5 disco 2's had the loom with Mark> cruise control, and thats just the switch to activate it.

Has anyone noticed an benefit in MPG after fitting it?

Andy

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This was covered in the March 2006 edition of 'Land Rover enthusiast' magazine, and to judge from that I'd say that this ad is good value, if only because it appears to include the bracket to hold the steering wheel switch -- the LRe article said that this wasn't available from LR, and so would have to be fabricated yourself.

I'd carefully kept the article because (having investigated and found that the wiring sockets were also present in my TD4 Freelander) I thought I could do the same. I went last week to my non-franchised workshop to order the switches, and he had the nouse to examine the workshop manual closely. For the Freelander (and probably the other slightly-less-electronic-than-TD5 vehicles) you also need a vacuum unit under the boonet, and that costs (I think) UKP150-ish. That immediately makes it a less attractive option.

So I guess that for the TD5 the engine control is all-electronic, and so Cruise Control can be achieved with just the 2 switches. For 50 quid that's a bargain.

GRAEME ALDOUS Yorkshire

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