Rev Limiter

I got a free one. My right foot.

HTH.

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limiter

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control

Ho bloody ho ....what a (t)wit !

Cruise Control = no foot on accellerator. Unfortunately this vehicle does not support engine speed sensing through other means (and no I don't mean road speed sensing with magnets on the drive shafts). Clutch and accellerator swithes will disengage the unit at the appropriare time in normal use but not if the engine is disengaged without usung them ... hence the simpleenquiry regarding rev limitters as an extra safeguard.

The message from "SandS" contains these words:

If it's got an ECU or if it's diesel then it'll have a rev limiter already. You don't say how old it is.

SandS ( snipped-for-privacy@jktowers.fsnet.co.ukX) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

How about sorting the gearbox, if it's jumping out of gear?

Otherwise, live with it. On a manual vehicle with cruise, the clutch pedal

My old 240 Volvo (1988, Bosch electronic ignition module and distributor) had a rotor arm with a rev limiter built in. There was a spring loaded mass in the middle, so that if the revs rose too high, the spring compressed under the centrifugal force, allowing the central metal bit to move and dump the HT to ground down the distributor shaft.

The message from Adrian contains these words:

I'd agree with that. If it slips out of gear you've plenty of time to hit the pedals to disengage the cruise control - around a second before the revs get too high - which is about the normal human reaction time.

There was a

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distributor shaft.

Yes I've seen that sort of thing. Seems like a good idea. Unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to get a "bolt-on" electrical one new (e.g. Micro Dynamics) but a tad expensive.