I had an interesting repair the other day that I thought I would share in case it helps anyone else... Gwendolyn is pretty well loaded as far as factory options go, and I was shocked when I first saw the cruise control button on the dash. When I got her up and driving for the first time I tried out the cruise control and found that the light would turn on when I pushed the button, but it would not work more than that. I never really put much more thought into it, but I figured I might look into it someday.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXkXjMkqpCvY65476o-1kzzOX-1bFObaTwIgYKJYkt3sxdTtta2424BsR4VRT-nvvmhAoueYK1Jt8Ma0U2-S12v3tPBrvt5Wbbtmaxd7lqdpAheGq6biPhw7zkHy_PaZXRvDeeWuute9qFEUABFKIfsrg=w2529-h1897-no?authuser=0)
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Fast forward half a decade to a week ago, and I see someone in a forum mention that they adjusted their clutch pedal and it fixed their cruise control (!!!). The next day I spend an hour on my back under my dash fiddling in a space much too small for my gorilla hands and watermelon head, and I manage to move the pedal forward enough to press the button... and Hot damn! I have cruise control! It only took me another 2 hours after that to take it all apart 2 more times to get the clutch to have less than 2 feet of travel and we're in business!
Before (button not pressed when clutch released):
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After (button fully pressed when clutch released):
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I just wanted to put this up in case anyone else could use the hint. It might be my imagination, but it seems to have helped my problem with stumbling off the line and a recurring rough idle situation, but that might be coincidence...