The VSS sensors sometimes go bad. When they do, they put code 27 or 29 in the computer. It does not set the Check Engine Light, but holds the stored codes in memory.
Here's the link to dump the computer codes with only a jumper wire or paper clip and the check engine light, or test light or voltmeter. I’ve used it for years, and it works great.
IF your car is an 88 stang, you'll have to use the test lamp or voltmeter method. There is no functional check engine light on the 88's except possibly the Cali Mass Air cars.
Codes have different answers if the engine is running from the answers that it has when the engine isn't running. It helps a lot to know if you had the engine running when you ran the test.
Trouble codes are either 2 digit or 3 digit, there are no cars that use both 2 digit codes and 3 digit codes.
For those who are intimidated by all the wires & connections, see http://www.actron.com/product_detail.php?pid=16153 for what a typical hand scanner looks like. Normal retail price is about $30 or so at Walmart.
I checked for codes a month ago with a NGS at ford dealership only code was for egr low voltage or something like that.I pulled some cruise control switches from the junkyard the other day, ill slap those on first and see what happens.
thanks for the replies.
You also might have broken the vacuum hoses that control the cruise options. That is what caused mine to stop working. I broke one of the plastic lines when I was changing my heater core, during the removal of the heater core hoses.