35 mph WOT power loss

Ok...I did a couple of things...

I had my kids press on the gas and noticed the throttle linkage wasn't bringing the lever all the way back.

So after putting the kids to bed I just corrected the throttle linkage and readjusted the kickdown linkage...

Tomorrow I will get new heater hoses and then try it out. Right now my trans lever is all the way back when the gas pedal is pushed all the way to the floor, and the carb lever is all the way back as well.

I am willing to bed my throttle linkage being off is the reason I kept feeling like I needed to adjust my kd. Which also could cause the problem with it feeling as if my carb was bogging when I would go WOT while driving.

If all of my transmission problems are a result of my throttle linkage I'm going to feel like such an ***...

The last picture is how much slack there is in the kd when relaxed, which from previous threads looks to be about the same amount...