[Alwhite00]

Any tips? I have the turn signal mechanism out of the way but not having any luck fishing a stiff wire through.

 

[pnugene]

Try using a greased bass guitar string.

 

[Droptop72]

I don’t know if it will work in the column, but I keep an old section of speedometer cable to fish wiring. I had my local steering column expert install my Dakota Digital cruise stalk and run the wires through the column. Of course since he is an expert, he made it look VERY easy.

 

[LeoP]

If you are removing the original cruise wire(s), tape a piece of mechanic's wire to the old plug and gently remove the existing wire. If not removing the old wires/switch, you may be able to fish that same piece of wire down from the top, good luck!!

 

[Jim Streib]

I remember doing cruise controls YEARS ago and sometimes I had better luck coming up the column instead of down.

Also too when you do get a fish wire through, and I used maybe a 14 gauge wire or so, tilt the column if you have one up and down and then also turn the wheel to make sure this fish wire is not hitting anything and if so, redo the location of the pull wire until it's clear of things.

I don't know what the electrical end connection is like as you never stated what cruise you are putting in but if there are terminated wires with connectors crimped onto the wires and then locked into a plastic housing, you might have to write down what pin and wire color goes into what slot and the keyed housing notch and then get the connectors out of the plastic housing. Then the group of wires will be smaller and then stagger the connectors when taping over them to the pull wire aso you are not dealing with one big bulge in things and then carefully pull things through. Once things are through and untaped put the wires and connectors back into the proper spots on the plastic housing.

Jim

 

[Dean]

Did you try dropping the column down?

 

[Alwhite00]

I don't have a tilt column. I have tried to get a stiff wire fished through with zero but luck