Do you HAVE to have that master cylinder with the connector in order to have cruise? Because if I have to change out that master cylinder, then I gotta bleed the brakes, and that's just difficult or expensive.

 

I wouldn't drive without that switch!
Pretty sure that's what deactivates the CC when you hit the breaks.
Without it ,you would have a serious safety concern.

Phil

 

so it'll be cheaper to buy a truck equipped with cruise control then...

 

The switch on the master cylinder is a redundant switch. In the event that CC does not disengage your first reaction is to press harder on the brakes. This switch is set to open the circuit when you press harder on the brakes. Bypassing it will still allow the cruise to function.

 

If the master cylinder switch is redundant - where is the primary located?

 

There is a switch on the brake pedal.

 

Is that switch on the brake pedal already there, or is that something else I would have to get?

 

Also, aside from the brake thing... I know I need a steering wheel with the switches and a new clockspring. Found a wheel in great shape at a junkyard, but the guy wanted to sell me the entire column. If I'm removing the wheel and the clockspring, just how much more difficult is it to remove the column? It would give me tilt, which I don't have, and that would be kinda nice, but it's obviously not necessary. Just wondering if anyone has experience with that part of it.

 

It's been 2 years, probably already got it done by now.