Rebuilt 904 w/ tf2 shifting woes...

25 pages of fun round two???

I can't quite get my shifts to feel coffee spiller mode. Am I missing something or doing something wrong?
Quick rundown - newly rebuilt 69 904 transmission. 72+ valve body w/ a new tf2 shift kit drilled to "coffee spiller mode." Stock 904 tc that was rebuilt to a 2500 stall when rebuilding transmission (rebuilt in may). Lokar transmission cable, lokar throttle cable..Fluid filled correctly... ummm what else would you like to know?

I've gone through the article multiple times about how to correctly set the lokar shifter cable.. getting a 1 to 1 shifter cable to throttle cable pull. Having the shifter bracket on the transmission pulled tight when throttle is wide open... stock shift points at 18 and 28mph...

Nothing really has done the trick. 1-2nd gear is pretty much obsolete, and you can barely feel it. Right now the 2-3rd shift feels like it is happening super early. 2nd to 3rd shift is definately harder than 1st-2nd, but it feels like its "spooling up" before actually shifting.

I feel like everything I've done, all the minor adjustments I've made have not actually made much of a difference.

Here is the slack in the line right now (I think it may be slightly to much slack currently, like it moved a touch).

Any ideas on what I should try? I usually adjust it at the cable not the little adjusting screws. Im open to anything, I'd love to have 2 hard coffee spiller shifts...

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