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Driving w/o kickdown cable = Okay? 200 1992

posted by  brickbear240 on  Sat Jan 30 10:19 CST 2010
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Driving without the kickdown cable will make the car try to pull out in a gear other than 1st, making the clutches slip, wear prematurely, burn the tranny fluid and clog up the filter. If you choose to drive it that way make sure to shift the lever to the lowest gear every time you stop, and upshift manually. This will make the shift linkage bushings wear quicker, but they are much less expensive to replace than the whole transmission. Have you checked the condition of the overdrive solenoid wire coming from the shifter? If the insulation has rotted away, that bare wire will lay against the transmission case causing a dead short so the solenoid cannot operate normally.
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Harold Thompson '84 245 Virgos






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