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94 Ram Van, cruise control stopped working and clunk in the front end.

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Old Nov 21, 2019 | 08:25 PM
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Default 94 Ram Van, cruise control stopped working and clunk in the front end.

I replaced the power steering gearbox in my 94 ram van and noticed the cruise control is not working. It worked just fine 2 days ago so I'm thinking I may have done something to break it. I looked again under the hood, found nothing obvious. It steers real nice now though but I still have a noticeable clunk in the front-end sometimes when I turn the wheel. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2019 | 08:38 PM
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Look for a broken vacuum line going to the cruise servo.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2019 | 02:23 PM
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I took the steering wheel apart to get to the clockspring assy. I then took it apart and sure enough, the wires came disconnected. I found out the part is not available anywhere so I will attempt to solder them back on but I need the pinout. Anybody ever take a picture of one of these? In the meantime I'll beep it out to see if I can figure out which of the 4 wires go where. It can't be that tough.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2019 | 05:38 PM
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Update... I was able to solder the clockspring ribbon cable back onto the 4 tabs it came disconnected from. It's a 6 wire cable and the top 2 are not used. I simply folded the cable toward me on a 45 degree angle, stripped the wires and soldered them to the 4 tabs. It was mostly a guess but it worked perfectly. I now have real good steering and the cruise works well too.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2019 | 12:19 PM
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you did good---love those vans
 
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