Trouble Shifting....
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Trouble Shifting....
'85 automatic. I'm having trouble upshifting gears, most noticeably from first to second, it doesn't go through with the shift at normal pressure of the gas pedal. I either have to let off the gas and give it a second and it will shift or jam down on the gas and "force" it to shift. Any ideas?
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Since it sounds like the WOT shift is ok, assuming fluid level is up to the mark, run through the factory TV cable "adjustment" procedure. This essentially amounts to:
-depress the tang on the TV cable mounting bracket
-move the cable head back toward the mounting bracket
-depress the accelerator fully to the floor once (engine off)
-manually rotate the throttle to WOT to verify the TV cable head has been pulled to the proper position.
If this doesn't solve the part throttle shifting have a shop measure line pressures.
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Thanks guys. I've got a fixer up here and there's a lot of work to be done on it. I have plenty of more questions...you think the best way to do it is to ask 'em one by one in the forum?
Last edited by tarheel27; Aug 10, 2005 at 01:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by tarheel27
Thanks guys. I've got a fixer up here and there's a lot of work to be done on it. I have a Haynes manual, but i have to admit that i'm not the most experienced guy for the job. I have plenty of more questions...you think the best way to do it is to ask 'em one by one in the forum?
