904 kickdown,need help!!!!

[la2alle]

Im in need of a complete kickdown for a 273 1965 barracuda with a 904 tranny.If anyone has one will be glad to buy.Thanks to all

 

[busted knuckles]

Have you considered a lokar kickdown cable? I got mine from ebay for 55$. Buy it now price. I think he is still selling them.

 

[la2alle]

No i havent,does it work well?

 

[C130 Chief]

As long as you aren't trying to do an authentic 100 point restoration, a later style kickdown linkage will work. You may have to massage the upper bracket slightly due to the head bolt angle difference on the early 273 heads, but no biggie. A complete kickdown from a local junkyard should cost far less than 50 bucks.

 

[la2alle]

I had bought a kickdown from someone called doctor mopar for my 273 ,i installed it and later on found out it was from a 1965 fury,its never kicked down,seems that on mine the linkage snapps on to my carb,on this other one that i have it has a spring and what looks like to be a slide that goes over my carb housing.Either way i cant seem to get it to kick down and to me it seems that its shifting to soon.2 nd gear around 8miles and 3rd around 20.Any help will be appreciated.

 

[66dartgt]

la2alle - you have a pm.

 

[busted knuckles]

The kickdown cable works fine. I dont have the luxury of finding one in a boneyard, up here in the Vancouver B.C. area there are not many carbureted vehicles left. The kickdown levers on ebay were going for as much as the cable.-

 

[la2alle]

Thank you.