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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: manny on 10 May 2009, 18:17:05

Title: Cruise.
Post by: manny on 10 May 2009, 18:17:05
Does any one know why the stalk i got for the cruise would only have 2 wires .What model would it be off?Surely they all work the same?
Title: Re: Cruise.
Post by: markey mark on 10 May 2009, 18:32:56
td stalks only have two wires bud
Title: Re: Cruise.
Post by: manny on 10 May 2009, 18:42:37
Thanks.Looks like i need a stalk with 4 wires.
Title: Re: Cruise.
Post by: Andy B on 10 May 2009, 19:40:58
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Does any one know why the stalk i got for the cruise would only have 2 wires .What model would it be off?Surely they all work the same?

They work in completely different ways, your's talks directly to the engine's ECU, cars with a throttle cable talk to another box of tricks, which applies another cable to the throttle .... no idea about the dieseasal cars but assume they also talksdirectly to the engine's ECU
Title: Re: Cruise.
Post by: TheBoy on 10 May 2009, 19:46:26
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Does any one know why the stalk i got for the cruise would only have 2 wires .What model would it be off?Surely they all work the same?

They work in completely different ways, your's talks directly to the engine's ECU, cars with a throttle cable talk to another box of tricks, which applies another cable to the throttle .... no idea about the dieseasal cars but assume they also talksdirectly to the engine's ECU
The reason for the differences, whether drive by wire or not, is due to the fact the 'Vauxhall engined' ones use a wire for each of the switches, plus a common (thus 4 wires).

The TD one uses a resistor network to signal to the ecu which button is pressed, thus only 2 wires needed.
Title: Re: Cruise.
Post by: MickAP on 10 May 2009, 19:54:36
Yep TD cruise stalk, well on the facelift anyway has 2 wires. They are just plug in and away you go, the most simple upgrade I've done to my TD.
Won't fit the petrol Omega though.

Mick
Title: Re: Cruise.
Post by: TheBoy on 10 May 2009, 19:58:30
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Yep TD cruise stalk, well on the facelift anyway has 2 wires. They are just plug in and away you go, the most simple upgrade I've done to my TD.
Won't fit the petrol Omega though.

Mick
2 wire is for all 2.5TD Omegas, facelift or not ;)