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| | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 | I can't seem to get the kickdown cable adjusted correctly on my 49 sub so that when I floor the gas pedal the tranmission will shift back into passing gear.
this setup is a 283/TH350 combination.
I have messed around with different brackets and cable lengths to no avail. Can someone help?
Gmoniz? Hotrod Lincoln? Denny G? How do I do this?Thanks in advance
Weeds | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | The only function of the kickdown cable on a TH 350 is a forced 3-2 downshift. It has nothing at all to do with shift points, which are controlled by the modulator. You need to adjust the cable to reach its maximum travel just as the throttle gets to the wide-open position. With the cable disconnected, you should feel an increase in the effort to pull the cable about 1/2" before it reaches a positive stop. That's the kickdown valve beginning to move. It needs to reach that stop point or very close to it just as the gas pedal hits the floor. Good luck!
Jerry
Last edited by Hotrod Lincoln; 03/02/2014 9:25 PM.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 | Weeds, If I remember correctly the cable goes into the bracket on the engine. Just behind the tangs that hold the cable in the bracket you should see a flat tab. If you push that tab in and hold it in, the with other hand move the carb to wide open. This should extend the cable. Hope this helps. Don | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Don, that type of cable is on the Turbo 250 and the Turbo 700, not the 350. Both those transmissions use the cable to control throttle pressure. The OEM cable for a TH 350 is non-adjustable. I think B&M and TCI sell an adjustable cable for the 350.
Jerry
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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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