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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:09 am

hello guys and gals, does anybody know if cruise control from an e34 will work in e30s? EReason i ask is because these are quite common in scrap e34 well most high spec ones anywayz
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:11 am

Just checked the ETK, and the only thing they share is the control unit and clutch switch.
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:37 pm

thanx simon, well i could get them two bit realitivly cheaply, and get the other bits from zoners. Now thats a plan, because full kits are quite pricey
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:39 pm

I think you'd be better off looking for a kit in all honesty, you can pick them up for less than Ԛ£100, bits on they're own are hard to come by!
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:45 pm

My ETK is broken :(

there is an e34 at my scrappy with these bits in

mite rob them later if i can find out if they fit

a auto cruise control will not work on a manual will it?
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:54 pm

Simon wrote:Just checked the ETK, and the only thing they share is the control unit and clutch switch.
I think the actuator is the same, except the E34 will have a longer loom as the ECU sits on the right hand side of the engine bay, where as the E30 one sits above the glove box.

Me thinks you might be able to get a few bits off the E34.

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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:44 pm

Tiniest change in the spec of an item will result in a different part number on the ETK. If they share a control unit, then I would bet that the actuators are very similar.
Would be a case of trying one and see, I think, and then sharing the knowledge with the rest of us.
Is it just M20 E34s that have the same controller, or M50s as well?
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:24 pm

E34 has 2 different control units listed, one is used on E34 and E32 only, the other control unit is used on E34, E32, E31, E36 and Z3.
The first one is used on E34 M20 and M50, the second one I mentioned is E34 M50 only.
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Post Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:08 pm

Simon wrote:E34 has 2 different control units listed, one is used on E34 and E32 only, the other control unit is used on E34, E32, E31, E36 and Z3.
The first one is used on E34 M20 and M50, the second one I mentioned is E34 M50 only.
Again these may be interchangable , the second just a more modern version of the first, reflecting developments in electronics, just like the two versions of the interior light delay.
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