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TV Cable adjust
I know this has been gone through before. I have read the threads, FSM. I just get confused by if I should tighten the cable first etc, seems to read different depending on where you read. Did some disassembly and moving around stuff may have slipped the cable, so want to adjust before driving very far. 1985 L98., stock, nothing special.
I pushed in the d shaped detent on the TV cable. While depressed I pulled the cable back as far as it would go towards the firewall. Released the detent button. Pulled the throttle very hard to wide open throttle, the unit did ratchet forward. Released the throttle. I understand that it should now be set. Does this sound correct, I can be a little bit rock headed when it comes to simple instructions Thank you
I pushed in the d shaped detent on the TV cable. While depressed I pulled the cable back as far as it would go towards the firewall. Released the detent button. Pulled the throttle very hard to wide open throttle, the unit did ratchet forward. Released the throttle. I understand that it should now be set. Does this sound correct, I can be a little bit rock headed when it comes to simple instructions Thank you
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I know this has been gone through before. I have read the threads, FSM. I just get confused by if I should tighten the cable first etc, seems to read different depending on where you read. Did some disassembly and moving around stuff may have slipped the cable, so want to adjust before driving very far. 1985 L98., stock, nothing special.
I pushed in the d shaped detent on the TV cable. While depressed I pulled the cable back as far as it would go towards the firewall. Released the detent button. Pulled the throttle very hard to wide open throttle, the unit did ratchet forward. Released the throttle. I understand that it should now be set. Does this sound correct, I can be a little bit rock headed when it comes to simple instructions Thank you
I pushed in the d shaped detent on the TV cable. While depressed I pulled the cable back as far as it would go towards the firewall. Released the detent button. Pulled the throttle very hard to wide open throttle, the unit did ratchet forward. Released the throttle. I understand that it should now be set. Does this sound correct, I can be a little bit rock headed when it comes to simple instructions Thank you
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This is where such a simple thing seems to confuse me. So i have already as I described first pushed in the detent, then pushed or pulled just the cable toward the firewall to take out slack. Pulled the throttle to wide open and it did ratchet forward., released the throttle, and in an ideal world that should set it to factory specs. What you appear to be saying is I should know pull the throttle back again and set it to or3 or 4 or more clicks by counting the ckicks this time. I know it is simple but its still confusing the heck out of me.
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This is where such a simple thing seems to confuse me. So i have already as I described first pushed in the detent, then pushed or pulled just the cable toward the firewall to take out slack. Pulled the throttle to wide open and it did ratchet forward., released the throttle, and in an ideal world that should set it to factory specs. What you appear to be saying is I should know pull the throttle back again and set it to or3 or 4 or more clicks by counting the ckicks this time. I know it is simple but its still confusing the heck out of me.
But the 700/4L60 is a little different because it is super sensitive to low pressure. For this reason, we want it adjusted to max tension at WOT.
On any other car, we'd be setting it differently. But that would be a mistake on the 700R4/4L60.
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I pushed in the d shaped detent on the TV cable. While depressed I pulled the cable back as far as it would go towards the firewall. Released the detent button. Pulled the throttle very hard to wide open throttle, the unit did ratchet forward. Released the throttle. I understand that it should now be set.
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further to cliffs comments, i found on my 85 it wasnt like a slow click click click. it would just do a big movement all at once.
just mentioning in case you were expecting a slow clicking with increasing foot pedal pressure. thats not how mine worked
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Yep mine clicked fast. It seems that a harder shifting, tighter cable is safer for the tranny that a looser softer shift. Ill leave as is. Ecklers shows new stock cables for less than 30 dollars, perhaps Ill order one to make sure everything ix operating as new, now that I understand the simple adjustment
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It's not a Total Pain but if not needed why even go there, So if it moves Freely, Adjusts and it has and still has it's throttle end clip (even thought you can get a replacements) 
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OK advice well taken. What concerned me is that the cable housing (plastic sheath covering the metal cable, has a dozen or so notches in it . Before I adjusted it per above, I could count 10 notches, before the adjuster covered the notches. Now the cable must be considerably tighter, as all those notches are visable behind( firewall side) of the housing, guess the cable is tighter. It is guitar string tight
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OK advice well taken. What concerned me is that the cable housing (plastic sheath covering the metal cable, has a dozen or so notches in it . Before I adjusted it per above, I could count 10 notches, before the adjuster covered the notches. Now the cable must be considerably tighter, as all those notches are visable behind( firewall side) of the housing, guess the cable is tighter. It is guitar string tight
With the throttle closed you should be able to move the cable up and down with some tention, when the throttle wide open yes it's pretty tight
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Consider the initial setup to be just that, you can fine tune a tiny bit to your car.
As others have said, the black connector with the detent is the reference. Typically a tiny bit towards the throttle level will likely soften the shifts, a tiny bit back may be possible depending on throttle pedal range, it it's a little short of full throttle level, it won't hit max and pop the connector forward. I'd rather use the pedal to initial set because of that, sets the furthest back possible
Adjust based on your shifts, too soft is bad, too hard is bad. Depends on throttle level, of course, but also on driving style. I imagine autocross is a lot different than street.
As others have said, the black connector with the detent is the reference. Typically a tiny bit towards the throttle level will likely soften the shifts, a tiny bit back may be possible depending on throttle pedal range, it it's a little short of full throttle level, it won't hit max and pop the connector forward. I'd rather use the pedal to initial set because of that, sets the furthest back possible
Adjust based on your shifts, too soft is bad, too hard is bad. Depends on throttle level, of course, but also on driving style. I imagine autocross is a lot different than street.
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