Lokar kick down cable mod to raise shift points!

It is all about the cable rigging. Ultimately you want the transmission lever pulled all the way back at wide open throttle, in order to assure maximum line (hydraulic) pressure in the transmission. This is what ultimately applies the bands and holds the clutch packs engaged. Low line pressure equals slipping clutches and bands which leads to premature transmission failure.

After max deflection at wide open throttle is set the shift points are affected by the point at which the cable starts to pull or, or linkage push (if you still have mechanical linkage). The earlier this takes place in relation to throttle movement the higher the shift points are for any given throttle setting.

The point of all this is, if you just simply adjust the shift points by adjusting the cable you may not have full deflection and therefore full line pressure at wide open throttle.

This is why the amount of throw on either the carb or transmission linkage needs to be adjusted. You are in essence affecting two things at once.

So..... rig it for max deflection at wide open throttle. If you find your shift points are too low or two high you need to adjust the throw at either the carb linkage or transmission accordingly to give more or less motion, then re adjust for max deflection at wide open throttle and see how the shift points are.

FYI, I like to think that I am not cheap, but have a true hotrod spirit. Consequently I couldn't bring myself to pay the cash for a lokar set up, especially after hearing so many stories of frayed cables and needing to mess with adjustments. I went to pick and pull and bought a factory cable set up out of a late model b van. I used the transmission lever from it, return spring, cable, transmission mount (bolts right onto the 727) and modified the throttle body bracket to fit onto my factory kickdown bracket. It works awesome and cost me $15.