42rh no third gear

It has a cable conversion linkage and it was adjusted to what people say (although there seems to be some argument about what that it). I unhooked it just to take it out of the equation. To my understanding having it unhooked will make it shift up through the gears too fast so I was trying to get it to go into third.

I had it adjusted to a 1/1 ratio with the throttle.

I was going to adjust the kickdown band today but I don't have the right magic 4 point socket and no where around here has 8 or 4 point sockets.
If left unhooked, it'll burn up the transmission eventually. If tied back (some racers used to/still do it), it'll give full line pressure but may also cause a stacked shift and shift from 1st to 3rd, making it feel like it never makes the 2-3 shift, when in reality it shifted from 1st to 3rd skipping 2nd.