727 will not kickdown
- Thread starter jdsduster
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Yeah, Mopar had it right with solid linkage. It's just so hard to find now.
I try to find and label the sets... but folks are hesitant because of the lack of clear listing of dimensions
Yeah, call Keith and ask him about what may be going on.
I've used the Lokar cable system on several of my cars without issue. Works great and makes it easy to change to another carb with minimal adjustments.
Yes, Keith talked to me by phone a week or two ago and told me what has been going on with him. Slowly recovering.
I don't disagree. It can work well. There's just something about overkill caveman linkage you gotta love. lol
The kickdown rod setup needs to be adjusted for the kickdown to work properly. I use a cable setup and it took a little bit to dial it in the way I want it. I abandoned the rod system years ago because the engine is not stock and trying to make things work was not worth the hassle for me.
For a stock setup there is no reason to go to cable, but for the rest of us that have changed intakes/carbs the cable setup was a godsend.
Did the kickdown ever work or did you just get the transmission installed?
i got it installed this summer,once in a while when floored it would kickdown.but would be very delayed.hammer the throttle and it would accelerate then after like 3-5 seconds 2nd gear would kick in but not very often. most of the time it just accelerates in 3rd gear.ive adjusted the cable numerous times with no luck in finding that spot when it would shift properly.
Can you provide a picture of the bracket/cable attachment to the carb? Unhook the plastic kickdown connector from the carb lever and push the carb to wide open throttle, then pull the kickdown cable to meet where it would attach to the carb lever. Can you pull the cable further than the linkage connector for it goes?
Did u have someone push the pedal to the metal and u checked that the kd was all the way back? Kim
yep
thats how i did it,this is why im asking if it could be something in the trans
Picture of what I asked for?
i dont have one at the moment the carb is off
Try shortening the cable a couple of turns. The kickdown can kinda be sensitive to the cable length. Once you get kickdown then you can fine tune it to come in just as you like.
rick,thats the issue i cant get it to kickdown. the lever at trans is all the way back.i cant adjust it back anymore
I understand. Adjust the cable at the carb to shorten the cable. For now don't worry if the carb goes all the way open. We want to shorten the cable to bring in the kickdown
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