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God damn kickdown cable!!! 200

posted by  someone claiming to be PhilaCPJ on  Sun Aug 29 11:27 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Hi y'all,

I have a 1993 Volvo 245. The kickdown cable croaked and the consequences are, at the very least, a major nuissance. I checked the throttle spindle -- the kickdown cable is all slack and completely frozen. I dumped a can of PB Blaster in it and it still won't budge! My tranny is "thunking" into gear at higher RPM's. It keeps dropping out of OD if I don't keep it above 70 MPH. Tranny fluid levels are fine. It's definitely kickdown cable related.

My question is whether or not there's a relatively easy way to release the kickdown lever in the tranny and just shift manually until I have time to install a new cable. Any suggestions are welcome!!

Thanks,
CPJ






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