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[Andy J B]

HI all,

I have offered to change my dads indicator stalk on his Face lift omega 2.2Petrol CD, to one with Cruise control (I have a new Stalk for him).

Is it easy to change the stalks ?  It it as simple as taking off the Cowel (few swrews underneith it, and two looking at you in the face ?) and un clipping old and clipping new one on (remembering to connect the 4 wire Criuse control wire to the only vacent plug there ??)  I trust it should be obvious where to plug the new Cruise control wire to in the steering column ?

Just need then to get VX garage to enable Crusie control by plugging it inot their computer I understand then ?

Is it this simple, or is something sinister waiting for me ?

Also, he is getting on average 20mpg   (I can get over 30 on my 2.5 V6 CDX   )  There is a split in the large air duct pipe so I have a new one to fit - I trust that will help the MPG and maybe sort the Engine light which occasionally comes on ? (I think its the Engine electronics, transmission electronics, immobilizer - The car with the spanner on it) ?

Thaanks in advance,

Andy.

[bluehawk]

changed mine in less than 5 miutes no probs- just got to get time to have it turned on now with tech2

[Andy J B]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Fingers crossed.

[MutantCav]

Dont really need to remove lower cowling, just the upper one held on by the 2 screws behind the steering wheel...

[Marks DTM Calib]

And yes, a split inlet duct hose will not do ANYTHING for economy

[TheBoy]

Dont really need to remove lower cowling, just the upper one held on by the 2 screws behind the steering wheel...

Not easy to get to bottom clip without at least loosening the lower cowling

[MutantCav]

A little harder I guess if you have not done it before...but straight forward if you have  

[Iain]

Im going to order mine from the stealers tomorrow,does anyone know the part number for the stalk with cruise??

Save trying to explain it all to the spotty know it all at the parts counter...

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Out of interest, how much difference is there in wiring between various cars? Are they all pretty much standard "left, right, main, flash" - with the obvious exception of the sidelight-headlamp rotator switch not being present on VXs?