im learning more each day. a few more questions
Check out this pic of my set-up. As you can see, the spring I have on there holds the rod to the post on the throttle bracket. It is set to move the rod right off idle. The spring I described in my previous post would hook to the front of the slot and do the same job, pulling the rod forward to make the rod move right off idle. The adjustment on my rod is by turning the slotted end. To set my linkage, I slipped off the rod from the post and pushed it all the way back to fully engage it, then I opened the throttle all the way and then adjusted the slotted end to have the kickdown fully engaged when the throttle is wide open. That allows you the actual kickdown effect, or passing gear when you jump on the pedal, the trans kicks down. All other times, the kickdown rod acts as a pressure rod to actuate the 1-2 and the 2-3 upshift according to the rate of acceleration. That is why the rod must be drawn to the front to work right off idle. My set-up would normally have the spring hooked between the front of the eye of the slot and the throttle spring post , but I am using the 340 4 barrel kickdown set-up on my 273 and it has the provision for the side mounted spring. Hope this all helps, Geof
Check out this pic of my set-up. As you can see, the spring I have on there holds the rod to the post on the throttle bracket. It is set to move the rod right off idle. The spring I described in my previous post would hook to the front of the slot and do the same job, pulling the rod forward to make the rod move right off idle. The adjustment on my rod is by turning the slotted end. To set my linkage, I slipped off the rod from the post and pushed it all the way back to fully engage it, then I opened the throttle all the way and then adjusted the slotted end to have the kickdown fully engaged when the throttle is wide open. That allows you the actual kickdown effect, or passing gear when you jump on the pedal, the trans kicks down. All other times, the kickdown rod acts as a pressure rod to actuate the 1-2 and the 2-3 upshift according to the rate of acceleration. That is why the rod must be drawn to the front to work right off idle. My set-up would normally have the spring hooked between the front of the eye of the slot and the throttle spring post , but I am using the 340 4 barrel kickdown set-up on my 273 and it has the provision for the side mounted spring. Hope this all helps, Geof