This is the governor housing on the back of the park wheel. The **** in the valve body you speak of is the governor VALVE. NOT the governor itself. There are weights and springs inside this that determine at what RPM your upshift is at.
Tree'd me!Yes, you can get pre-made governor weights and springs (I think there's a spring involved, can't remember for sure). The governor is in the tail housing on the output shaft. It's not in the vb. It controls shift timing and line pressure based on driveshaft rpm (changing rear gears often means the governor needs to be tweaked). If I remember right, there's quite a few choices so I'd call the vendors to see what they suggest. Fine tuning is often needed but it's not too hard based on what I remember.
Yes, by throttle lever I mean the kickdown. Specifically the kickdown lever on the trans.
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This is the governor housing on the back of the park wheel. The **** in the valve body you speak of is the governor VALVE. NOT the governor itself. There are weights and springs inside this that determine at what RPM your upshift is at.
That bog is this air door opening too quickly. Watch the video.
Yep. Post 33.I agree. Plus, the transmission not down shifting is compounding the issue.
Sounds like you're getting it lined out.
My fingers hurt.... and I missed out on dressing up as Santa for the wife because I kept my kids in the garage past bedtime... #dartin4divorce
I've never seen this before. Sweet, ill call around and see... you know what would fix this real quick??? Manual transmission lol....
That is proof right there of an improper synchronization between the governor and gear-ratio. You gotta fix that, top priority, else you will be dicking with the KD system forever.Also when adjusting the line a touch tighter it didnt want to shift into 2nd until much higher speed.
Some lessons just have to happen in order to truly comprehend how the system works.
manual valve bodyI've never seen this before. Sweet, ill call around and see... you know what would fix this real quick??? Manual transmission lol....
if you are going to have one of them not correct for now, make it the carb linkage. having the kick down lever working right is more important to keeping the trans from killing itself and making the car drive-able. not getting that last little bit of WOT can wait.Ok...I did a couple of things...
I had my kids press on the gas and noticed the throttle linkage wasn't bringing the lever all the way back.
So after putting the kids to bed I just corrected the throttle linkage and readjusted the kickdown linkage...
If all of my transmission problems are a result of my throttle linkage I'm going to feel like such an ***...
if you are going to have one of them not correct for now, make it the carb linkage. having the kick down lever working right is more important to keeping the trans from killing itself and making the car drive-able. not getting that last little bit of WOT can wait.
if the kick down and governor issues are figured out, it will down shift so much better, you might even take a break and enjoy driving it until spring
Boy, that statement really hits home. Seems as though I don't like to learn anything until I've thrown a few wrenches and called the car some choice names - all of this AFTER I've already screwed up a couple times.
Did you teach the AC a lesson?