Adjusting Three Peice Kickdown Linkage
Hey all,
Having some real issues with my transmission and I have to make sure I'm adjusting this kickdown right. I have the factory three peice kickdown shown below.
(return spring was removed, I have it installed).
72 Dart. 360 mild, fresh rebuild. LD340 intake, Edelbrock 1406 carb. Stock 3 peice kickdown and brackets, aftermarket throttle cable (Mr. Gasket). Stock 904 trans. Yada Yada. Engine is very healthy and happy.
Problem : it goes into park, reverse, neutral, drive just fine. Drives good in reverse . In drive, I get up to 15 mph and it just revs at 2 grand or more, begging to be upshifted. I tried to go from D to 2, and no change whatsoever. I try to shift into 1 (column shift), and it feels like it shifts (kind of), but just revs even higher. I barely drove it down a block before turning around and babying it at 10 mph back to my driveway. Trans fluid is good. This is a second hand trans that I pulled the pan and show no gunk or excessive clutch material in the pan, with bright red fluid still. I've only driven it at this very short time, I do not want to damage it any further.
So I tried the recommended check .... Push throttle all the way back, and push the kickdown linkage all the way back . I did those independent of each other , and it looks like the kickdown lever goes maybe 1/16th back further than WOT. It leaves the smallest gap in the slot adjustment. It's very close I would think. But I cannot say how to adjust the lower rod that goes down to the transmission lever.
Main question : How do I check that? I had the upper slotted peice butted up against the carb stud already. It moves the second the carb is off idle. I just want to make sure I'm adjusting the kickdown (specifically my three peice) properly so I can eliminate that as an issue. Pic of the slot adjustment at idle :
I have noticed it's near the end of its threaded adjustment, this is may be unusual. I do have the factory 4 barrel linkage down below:
May be a clue that my kickdown is out of whack. Maybe.
I have the FSM so I will check that for band adjustment: regrettably I should have check that when the trans was out of the car but did not. Is there anything else I should check? If it was just early up shifts, yeah then kickdown linkage. But this trans just DOES NOT want to shift. It either slips into second unbelievably soft or it's almost starting in drive in second, then won't shift into third. Seems to manually shift down into 1st..? Super unhappy. Any help is very appreciative, and let me know if I need to take pics of anything else.
Hey all,
Having some real issues with my transmission and I have to make sure I'm adjusting this kickdown right. I have the factory three peice kickdown shown below.
(return spring was removed, I have it installed).
72 Dart. 360 mild, fresh rebuild. LD340 intake, Edelbrock 1406 carb. Stock 3 peice kickdown and brackets, aftermarket throttle cable (Mr. Gasket). Stock 904 trans. Yada Yada. Engine is very healthy and happy.
Problem : it goes into park, reverse, neutral, drive just fine. Drives good in reverse . In drive, I get up to 15 mph and it just revs at 2 grand or more, begging to be upshifted. I tried to go from D to 2, and no change whatsoever. I try to shift into 1 (column shift), and it feels like it shifts (kind of), but just revs even higher. I barely drove it down a block before turning around and babying it at 10 mph back to my driveway. Trans fluid is good. This is a second hand trans that I pulled the pan and show no gunk or excessive clutch material in the pan, with bright red fluid still. I've only driven it at this very short time, I do not want to damage it any further.
So I tried the recommended check .... Push throttle all the way back, and push the kickdown linkage all the way back . I did those independent of each other , and it looks like the kickdown lever goes maybe 1/16th back further than WOT. It leaves the smallest gap in the slot adjustment. It's very close I would think. But I cannot say how to adjust the lower rod that goes down to the transmission lever.
Main question : How do I check that? I had the upper slotted peice butted up against the carb stud already. It moves the second the carb is off idle. I just want to make sure I'm adjusting the kickdown (specifically my three peice) properly so I can eliminate that as an issue. Pic of the slot adjustment at idle :
I have noticed it's near the end of its threaded adjustment, this is may be unusual. I do have the factory 4 barrel linkage down below:
May be a clue that my kickdown is out of whack. Maybe.
I have the FSM so I will check that for band adjustment: regrettably I should have check that when the trans was out of the car but did not. Is there anything else I should check? If it was just early up shifts, yeah then kickdown linkage. But this trans just DOES NOT want to shift. It either slips into second unbelievably soft or it's almost starting in drive in second, then won't shift into third. Seems to manually shift down into 1st..? Super unhappy. Any help is very appreciative, and let me know if I need to take pics of anything else.
