Locar kickdown adjustment

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gm1236 said:
In post #31 you can see the lever I made out of a long one. I had to make it offset up to clear the B&M shifter linkage. They do make a stock one with the correct offset. It’s possible the kick down lever is hanging up on the shift linkage or it’s not down far enough to catch the flat on the throttle shaft.
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I saw yours and it looks nice. Right now my after changing my shift lever out to the 904 one I can press my kickdown lever all the way down, which I did. I also have the short 904 lever.

My 1-2 shift is at 20mph under normal throttle and my 2-3 shift is at 30mph under normal throttle. Under heavy throttle and WOT both shifts kind of hang up. I think its either my new 2500 TC or the VB. I may do my 727 VB with the tf2 kit and swap them out to see if anything changes.

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Here's at the carb. I'm starting to suspect that either the vb or not having the lokar throttle cable is contributing to the problem.

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DentalDart said:
Here's at the carb. I'm starting to suspect that either the vb or not having the lokar throttle cable is contributing to the problem.

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How far is the kickdown cable pivot from the center of the throttle shaft? Looks like the pivot lenght is to short. The lenght of the distance between the center of the throttle shaft and the cable pivot needs to be the same lenght as the hole to hole distance of the kickdown lever. You may not have enough cable travel for it to work right. Same thing as having a kickdwon lever that’s to long.
 
I think I may have done it! Adjusted the throttle cable a little tighter, may actually need to back off it just a hair as it sticks ever so slightly. Then adjusted the shifter cable.. and adjusted... and adjusted... i found that my kickdown cable was actually slipping about 1/2inch after I'd set it where I wanted it. Finally got it to stick where I wanted it using some man strength to tighten the set nut.

Shifts under normal driving throttle at pretty dang close to 18-20mph for 1-2 and 2-3 shift is pretty dang close to 30. The 2-3 shift is much more coffee spiller than 1-2, 1-2 shift is actually pretty timid still.

Under WOT I shift 1-2 at about 4k and 2-3 at about 4k too! Idk if this is where its supposed to shift but both shifts are nice hard and no real slippage or anything. I did multiple pulls to 70ish mph. The only "problem" I had was with my last pull before going into my neighborhood, the 2-3 shift held a little longer and blipped to a little over 5k but I think its because I was letting off the throttle. Idk.

Maybe I'll have @70aarcuda come by one of these days and take her for a spin see what he thinks. I think he would be quite satisfied with his build :) I know I am!

I also had a new camero try to race me :rofl:I decided to continue my cruise at 35mph, he turned around after he got to the end of the street (I was not racing him) and he gave me a thumbs up and said nice car as he drove back by me.

Now time to wash the beast and put the redlines on it.

Thanks everyone for your help and support! If you have any ideas for what to do on the car next I'm all ears... :poke::lol:jk let's keep her in 1 piece for a while!

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DentalDart said:
I think I may have done it! Adjusted the throttle cable a little tighter, may actually need to back off it just a hair as it sticks ever so slightly. Then adjusted the shifter cable.. and adjusted... and adjusted... i found that my kickdown cable was actually slipping about 1/2inch after I'd set it where I wanted it. Finally got it to stick where I wanted it using some man strength to tighten the set nut.

Shifts under normal driving throttle at pretty dang close to 18-20mph for 1-2 and 2-3 shift is pretty dang close to 30. The 2-3 shift is much more coffee spiller than 1-2, 1-2 shift is actually pretty timid still.

Under WOT I shift 1-2 at about 4k and 2-3 at about 4k too! Idk if this is where its supposed to shift but both shifts are nice hard and no real slippage or anything. I did multiple pulls to 70ish mph. The only "problem" I had was with my last pull before going into my neighborhood, the 2-3 shift held a little longer and blipped to a little over 5k but I think its because I was letting off the throttle. Idk.

Maybe I'll have @70aarcuda come by one of these days and take her for a spin see what he thinks. I think he would be quite satisfied with his build :) I know I am!

I also had a new camero try to race me :rofl:I decided to continue my cruise at 35mph, he turned around after he got to the end of the street (I was not racing him) and he gave me a thumbs up and said nice car as he drove back by me.

Now time to wash the beast and put the redlines on it.

Thanks everyone for your help and support! If you have any ideas for what to do on the car next I'm all ears... :poke::lol:jk let's keep her in 1 piece for a while!

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When your happy with it shifting At your rpm points trim that cable and leave around an inch and if you have some small heat shrink Put it over the end of your kd cable to stop it from fraying .
 
67 gt said:
When your happy with it shifting At your rpm points trim that cable and leave around an inch and if you have some small heat shrink Put it over the end of your kd cable to stop it from fraying .
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This is what I planned on doing.
 
gm1236 said:
Looks like you put the Lokar linkage on it, everything looks right now. Glad to hear it’s running good.
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Yes sir. I actually bought the Mr Gasket one first but figured do it right the first time would be best.
 
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