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Hi all, really pretty new here and although I have been lurking for years I finally have a '97 Passat and have fallen in love with Diesels again. After a couple of painful incidents in my early college years I swore off VW's [blaspheme] forever... or at least for twenty some odd years.
I could go in to a tirade on how much I love my new, to me, Passat. I have had it for a couple of months and I have started thinking about some changes I would like to make. One immediate change is that I would like to install a cruise control "cancel" button. Essentially the same effect as taping the clutch or brake to disengage the cruise on the highway.
I plan on using a spare defroster switch I picked up at the junkyard yesterday. I will remove the "ratcheting" mechanism to make it a momentary PBNO switch and use the face plate from the existing "Brake" light installing it in that location and connecting the light so I still have a button labeled "Brake" that will light up with the parking brake on and use the momentary part of the switch to disengage the cruise current speed setting without illuminating my brake light or even tapping a pedal.
Any suggestions on which circuit to tap in to and where it would be easiest to do so?
I could go in to a tirade on how much I love my new, to me, Passat. I have had it for a couple of months and I have started thinking about some changes I would like to make. One immediate change is that I would like to install a cruise control "cancel" button. Essentially the same effect as taping the clutch or brake to disengage the cruise on the highway.
I plan on using a spare defroster switch I picked up at the junkyard yesterday. I will remove the "ratcheting" mechanism to make it a momentary PBNO switch and use the face plate from the existing "Brake" light installing it in that location and connecting the light so I still have a button labeled "Brake" that will light up with the parking brake on and use the momentary part of the switch to disengage the cruise current speed setting without illuminating my brake light or even tapping a pedal.
Any suggestions on which circuit to tap in to and where it would be easiest to do so?