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[nobbyclrk]

What does "canbus" mean?

Controller Area Network. Old technology now. Basically each module is connected to a phone line connected to each individual module so messages can be transmitted to one another.

For example an ABS module may calculate the vehicle speed from the wheel speed sensors and instead of connecting individual wires to the engine, instrument cluster and trasmission computers to put the speed output on, its put on the bus (two wires) and the computers that require that info take it and use it along with all other information being passed on the bus.
Saves alot in wiring and weight. Not so easy to diagnose as one module going down can pull everything down with it.

HTH

[Tombie]

Hmmmm

I have an 02 Defender

Does anyone know of a kit available to do this?

Cheers,

No, but I have the full wiring diagram and instructions to do it

Parts are easy to come by...

[Tombie]

oh wow!

should this work this a early td5? (01 or pre flash-able ecu?)

EDIT:
after a little bit of googling it seem like only the later (02 onwards) defenders work with the disco cruse control

It will work in an early Defender IF you replace the ECU with a later version...

Heres the kicker... Myself (and others) can ReMap these later ECUs as well, which means you can have:

Cruise Control & Kick Butt Performance

[copba]

No, but I have the full wiring diagram and instructions to do it

Parts are easy to come by...

G'day Tombie,

Could you paste them here as a link? Or email me the diagram & instructions?

I've done some searches, and found a few posts; but they all date back to about 2007, and the links in them don't work anymore.

Thanks,

Al

[Benz]

It will work in an early Defender IF you replace the ECU with a later version...

Heres the kicker... Myself (and others) can ReMap these later ECUs as well, which means you can have:

Cruise Control & Kick Butt Performance

maybe later on down the track I'll go for that option.