The Camano Experience

[ArdWrknTrk]

Unfortunately the only thing I found on the sender was an ink stamping of Jun 93. Going to take a quick trip back to the jy in the morning so will see if the speed control brain has anything on it.

Jim - Surprisingly there is a decent amount of room back there so this doesn't make the bend much more than it was already.

Removed the original signal generator wire and wired up the new one - went from a 10' run to under 6". Then called speedometerscableusa with the specs of the new jumper so that should be shipped out Monday.

Scott

I wasn't doubting there was room to fit, just wondering if the extra length forced more bend into the cable, given that the firewall grommet on mine is pretty tight.

[kramttocs]

Scott

I wasn't doubting there was room to fit, just wondering if the extra length forced more bend into the cable, given that the firewall grommet on mine is pretty tight.

Gotcha. No, doesn't seem to impact the angle much more than without.

The box didn't yield anything identifying beyond a serial number. With a little eBay searching, found that they (both box and sensor) very closely match those in Ford speed control kits for mid 80's cars (crown Vic, ltd, escort, lynx).

[Ford F834]

I took today and tomorrow off to get some stuff done around the house but ended up spending this morning at the JY since the weather was so nice. There was a new F250 and Bronco there since last time. The Bronco had some decent options so grabbed another tach cluster and clock.

The F250 though....it wasn't much to look at but had one little piece that made my day (doesn't take much I guess).

I've seen a few speed senders/signal generators as well as jy trucks that have the add-on speed control, but I've never seen a sender like this. The black end (threaded over male threads on the sender) slips directly onto the speedometer gauge. The other end, as seen in the photo, matches the speedometer gauge connection so the white clip on the speedometer cable latches to it. So this sender lives inside the dash vs in the engine bay or near the transmission/tcase.

The reason this is exciting is because of the GVOD and the number of wires I have going through the grommet (gutted EFI grommet) as well as the future wires I am planning to run through there. Right now that grommet is packed tight.

Currently there are two senders down at the overdrive for the GVOD and factory speed control, along with a coupler and short speedometer jumper to make up for the added overdrive length.

This will allow me to almost directly connect the new sender to the GVOD control box behind the dash, remove a cat6 sized wire from the grommet and clean up the cable down by the overdrive. That cat6 sized wire being removed will allow a handful of light gauge wires to be passed through there.

I installed it tonight, hooked up some test jumper wires and ran the drill on the speedometer cable to confirm the GVOD engaged at the correct speed - which it thankfully did.

If anyone has seen a sender like this and knows the part number, please share.

I don't blame you if you don't find this all that exciting

Other than that, I've been giving Chanute some much needed attention so will probably start a thread on it soon.

Wow! That is a neat find! I think that’s a much better place for it, too, than the engine bay or under the truck. Would be nice to know what that thing is!

[1986F150Six]

I've never seen a sender like that. That's cool. Does it have a number on it? Maybe I can crossref.

As for Chanute, when Jim called the other day he asked about that truck but I said I've not seen anything about it lately. It needs some LUV!

Is it E4AZ-9E731-A?

 

[Gary Lewis]

I've never seen a sender like that. That's cool. Does it have a number on it? Maybe I can crossref.

As for Chanute, when Jim called the other day he asked about that truck but I said I've not seen anything about it lately. It needs some LUV!

Is it E4AZ-9E731-A?

Hmmmm. The envelope says ...... By golly, I think you are right!

[kramttocs]

I've never seen a sender like that. That's cool. Does it have a number on it? Maybe I can crossref.

As for Chanute, when Jim called the other day he asked about that truck but I said I've not seen anything about it lately. It needs some LUV!

Is it E4AZ-9E731-A?

Excellent find! And they are even reasonably priced

[Rembrant]

I've never seen a sender like that. That's cool. Does it have a number on it? Maybe I can crossref.

Is that the sender for dealer installed cruise?

I seem to recall looking at a dealer cruise kit on Ebay, and the sender that came with it attached to the back of the speedo in the cluster.

 

[kramttocs]

I've never seen a sender like that. That's cool. Does it have a number on it? Maybe I can crossref.

Is that the sender for dealer installed cruise?

I seem to recall looking at a dealer cruise kit on Ebay, and the sender that came with it attached to the back of the speedo in the cluster.

I think that is a very good possibility. Looks like they may have been added to cars primarily.

 

[Gary Lewis]

I've never seen a sender like that. That's cool. Does it have a number on it? Maybe I can crossref.

Is that the sender for dealer installed cruise?

I seem to recall looking at a dealer cruise kit on Ebay, and the sender that came with it attached to the back of the speedo in the cluster.

[kramttocs]

Ordered a couple of those sensors for backups

Truck hasn't moved for quite awhile, partially because I haven't really gone anywhere but also because I decided it was time to check the brakes/bearings on the trailer. That led to wanting to redo all the wiring 'just because'. So now there is a 22' trailer up on jack stands waiting on bearings/races blocking the truck in

My short speedometer cable jumper came in last week so that's all back installed. This is to replace the speed sensor previously mentioned.

Then today the Woolwax kit I ordered came in. Before I can spray that though I want to apply some Eastwood inner frame coating to a few areas (under bed rails, rear wheel wells). Running out of warm weather though...