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Driving w/o kickdown cable = Okay? 200 1992

posted by  rstarkie on  Sat Jan 30 12:08 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.

I have to disagree with you on this. I have never had an AW70 or 71 start in any other gear other than 1st. I had my son's 240 away to college and unable to replace the kickdown cable. I had him push the cable back in with a pair of pliers. Of course this makes the car want to shift way too soon. Simply shift the transmission manually when you reach the speed it would normally shift. Several thousand miles later we changed the kickdown cable and suffered no apparent ill effects to the transmission during its time with us.

Randy






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