Ek Cruise Control Removal

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This is a How-To write up for removing the cuise control from an EK civic. This write up can most likley be used as a reference for other honda's also. The pictures below are from a 97 Civic Coupe

What You Need:
1. Time
2. 10mm socket
3. 12mm box wrench
4.vacuum port cap (for those with a vaccum port for the cruise)
I am going to start by saying that this is a fairly straight forward process, and most of you should be able to figure this out just by looking at how it works.



first, use your 12mm wrench, and loosen the tension on the throttle cable. Then pull back the little rubber boot, and disconnect the throttle cable from the cruise control unit.
Next, remove all of the hoses and lines from this unit. Disconnect the electrical connnections and tuck them out of the way.
Now, use the 10mm socket to remove the 3 bolts holding this unit in. Now that that is out, make sure to pretty things up and remove the breather hoses from the fender and such.
Next is the throttle cable. If you look under your dash at the top of the gas pedal, there are two throttle cables. The one you want to get rid of is the very top one.
shown here to the best of my ability.



to remove this, i simply used a screw driver to unbend the top enough to pull the cable out....like this



Now, go to the engine bay, and to remove the throttle cable from the firewall, there should be a little tab on the grommet for grip. Twist the grommet 90 degrees, and it should pull right out.
and you are left with this:



Make sure to cap off the vacuum port on the manifold, or it will cause idle problems. I didnt have one, so i didnt worry about it. However, most of you will, and will need some sort of cap or plug. They can be bought cheap at an auto parts store.