Has anyone attempted to disable the cancel or coast button thier cruise controls and wire it as the lock up switch?

 

Bump Bump Bump

 

I'm guessing either it is impossible or not a very poular idea

 

Not exactly what your looking for but I used a headlight dimmer switch for my lockup switch.


Randy

 

Youre absolutely right. Not what I was asking about but even better yet. Finally something to give my left leg something to do in this automatic driven

Where did you get your switch? Wrecking yard?
I'm stoked now!!

 

I got my switch here. http://www.cal-mustang.com/showdetl-7-5526-26-0.html You could probably get it at napa but this on had a rubber boot on it that I liked.

Randy

 

Thx Charlie! I went ahead and made an order for one of those. How did you mount it? Two small bolts through the floor? DId you have to insulate it from the floor to keep the housing from making a ground?

 

I just used to self-tappng screws to mount it. No need it insulate the switch from the floor. Take the center terminal and ground it to one of the bolts you mounted the switch with, and connect either one of the other terminals to the TQ.

Randy

 

OIC
So you didn't mount it from the bottom up through the floor board?

 

nope, once you go through the insulation,carpet, and floor mat it's just the right hight.

Randy

 

Awsome. Now I am just wainting on the switch! Ever consider adding a light to the dash to indicate when you are ingaged?

 

Yeah as soon as I get some time I will. With the dimmer switch you have no visible reference of when the TC it locked up.

 

Ok now my brain is going. Do you know which wires to tap on the trans. and is that all you have to do? Just one wire? Also, what would happen if you have it locked up then slowed down and forgot to unlock it? And can you do this a stock 47RE?

 

Everything you're looking for is right here:
http://www.tstproducts.com/Torque%20...p%20Switch.pdf
And my understanding is yes it will stall if you leave the lockup on and come to a stop.

I have the same 47re but I'm not going to put a lockup switch on it until I have an upgraded Torque Converter, probably Goerend.

Good luck with it!

 

If I do this, would it help me when pulling up mountains in 1-3rd? I know that when I made this pull last year, the TC would not locked up and created a lot of heat. When decending the mountain, I would put it in 1st or 2nd and "try" to let the trans hold me back. This also heated it up. Will a lock-up help me or would I just be pissin in the wind?