Hi all,
I have a 1965 dodge dart gt with a rebuilt upgraded 318 and rebuilt 904 tranny. I got the car partially finished and had to install adjust, or repair just about anything to do with the operating controls, including installing an NOS shift cable, a Bouchillon kickdown cable kit, and the correct carb (edelbrock) linkage setup. The early a body leaves very little room to get to the area of the tranny where the kickdown band adjustment is located - as a matter of fact, I had to modify the Bouchillon setup to get it to fit (invert the lever ball, fabricate a shorter height cable end assemby). My question is this; the tranny shifts fine, but will not kickdown into second when the throttle is wide open, and yes, the butterflys are full open. The kickdown cable is correctly installed also. When I want to get into second I simple use the console shifter to downshift and all is good...all shift points are fine and no slipping that I can detect. Can I leave the kickdown adjustment where it is, or should I do a ton of work and tear up my arms more to get to it? What to you guys think?
Thanks,
Tom