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Driving w/o kickdown cable = Okay Yes, but PITA 200 1992

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posted by  Paul Driver of Inga on  Sun Jan 31 04:44 CST 2010
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Just had the kick down on my 86 break and my gas mileage went down. Normal for me this time of the year is 23 mpg. Without the kick down working the mileage was 20 mpg. When you first started the car it would shift pretty close to normal. But after that taking off from a light it took forever, and it seems the car wanted to stay in overdrive all the time. Ended up downshifting to 2nd and clicking off the overdrive to accelerate from a light. That cable is a whole lot more important than I thought it was.

Too dang cold and wet to get under there are replace it right now. So I have a section from a donor car spliced, Soldered, and JB Welded to the old cable. So far it has held on for four days now, hope it lasts for couple of more.

Regards,

Paul






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