What is this?

[Blue90]

What is this and how important is it to be hooked up to the throttle? I can see the previous owner ripped the linkage off but I was wondering if its worth fixing?

 

[4X4HIGH]

That is the vacuum pot for the cruise control, if you don't care about cruise then just remove it completely.

 

[munepit]

You can see on the end of the metal part on the end of the rubber diaphragm it is broke. Mine is the same way. I'm sure that why the linkage is gone.

 

[4X4HIGH]

You can see on the end of the metal part on the end of the rubber diaphragm it is broke. Mine is the same way. I'm sure that why the linkage is gone.

When I was coming back from Pismo one year I was cruising down the freeway with the cruise on at 70mph then all of a sudden I heard a VERY LOUD BANG and then no more cruise control, turn out that metal bracket on the vacuum pot broke just like the one in his pic. It was hard to believe that the bracket breaking could have made such a loud bang. I replaced the vacuum pot and all was well again.

 

[Blue90]

Perfect! Thanks for the info guys! I think I'm ganna just leave it as is for now.