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New Address & Phone # for King Cruise/Throttle repair

December 27, 2010, 12:11:28 pm

Today, I removed, boxed, and mailed my King Throttle control for repair/refurbish.  Steve Boller tells me he has a new address and phone contact:
    22250 Glyview Trail
    Faribault  MN  55021
    507-334-0250
This throttle control/cruise control is used on mid-to-late 90's mechanical Cummins engines.  The newer electronic-control engines made these units obsolete.  Steve can fix them.... 
Andy1

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Re: New Address & Phone # for King Cruise/Throttle repair

Reply #1 – December 27, 2010, 12:52:37 pm

Thanks for the update.

And the King Control electronic cruise control makes a great refit in early 1990's coaches with the obsolete Bendix cruise as well.

You can use the same driver control, wire from front to back, etc.  Makes for a pretty easy installation and is more precise than the old Bendix unit.

Steve is great on troubleshooting.

Brett

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Reply #2 – January 16, 2011, 02:59:49 pm

Four hundred and ninety four dollars later, I reinstalled my rebuilt King Throttle last week after cleaning and greasing (dielectric) all connections.  Although not needed, I received rapid service from Steve Boller for this rebuild.  I had explained to him that I was in no hurry, that I lived on the side of a mountain at 8,000 feet and that it would be months before the road to my house was passable for other than 4-wheel drive vehicles.  (Mormons, Jehovah Witness, UPS, firetrucks, and ambulances can not get up here!)

Steve replaced a circuit board and a new motor and a bushing for the motor plus six other parts.  He explained that I had done nothing wrong and that there is no preventive action on my part to forestall another failure.  His returned Sales Order mentioned a "browned wire going to the motor."  A "search" of King Throttle on this website shows that many owners of mechanically controlled Cummins have had problems with this component.

I wish to thank Neal and a couple of Barry's for their assistance and concern with my partial power problem and the solutions they offered.  I was stymied after changing fuel filters, insuring that my fuel was okay, and wondering what to check next:  transmission? other fuel controlling devices?  After explaining their troubles and solutions to this same problem, they even followed up weeks later--asking me by way of email--what my final outcome was.

This was after I had cleaned the brake switch connections (recommended) and run a wire directly from a brake light ground terminal to the start battery ground (also recommnented).  Hopefully, next Spring, I will find that my partial power problems are gone.  Andy1

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Reply #3 – January 16, 2011, 04:04:55 pm

Our 1997 U295 has an air throttle. The previous owner had FOT install the air throttle after he had problems with the King throttle. I think the system still uses the King cruise control. The throttle and cruise control work well. Our only problems have been an occasional glitch when a brake light switch sticks. After a brief "sticky" period, the brake light switches have worked well.

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