Service manual

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Installing the Audiovox CCS100 Cruise Control on the

Honda Pacific Coast PC800 Motorcycle

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If the vacuum canister does not have an integral check

valve, then a separate one is needed in the vacuum

line to prevent the vacuum reserve in the VC from

being lost when carburetor suction decreases. The

check valve may be installed at any convenient

location in the vacuum line between the carburetors'

vacuum source(s) and the vacuum canister(s). Identify

the vacuum side of the check valve; the vacuum side

must be mounted towards the carburetors. The

vacuum side may be labeled, but if you can't tell

which side is which, blow through one end of the

valve (

don't suck on the valve with your mouth

because if there is something in the valve, you could

aspirate it). If the flow is blocked, that's the vacuum

side, but if air flows freely, that's the supply side.

Simply press fitting the vacuum hoses onto the fittings may

allow in-leakage of air into the vacuum system, and thus

reduce the vacuum power available to the servo. Use either

vacuum clamps or silicon sealant on all joints. Cable ties

pulled tight may be used as inexpensive vacuum clamps. If

adhesives are used, apply them only to the fittings and not

the hoses, so that the hoses do not become accidentally

sealed shut.

Make sure that there is sufficient slack in the vacuum tubing and that it doesn't interfere with

anything, or rub on any sharp edges. Trim it to length and attach it to one of the hose nipples on

the previously installed vacuum canister. Attach the remainder to the vacuum canister's second

hose nipple. If there is an additional vacuum canister, run this line to it, otherwise, it will be

attached to the port on the servo after that has been installed.

It is critically important that all joints in the vacuum system are tightly secured.

Poor performance of the cruise control system may result from in-leakage of air

into the vacuum system!