hansoni
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I'm trying to get a handle on the way our 1500 shifts, it's got a torqueflight trans. doing some research I'm finding out the kickdown linkage and adjustment is crucial to getting it to shift right. As it is now it shifts very quickly into 3rd and does not shift down to second applying pressure at the gas pedal even when climbing a hill.
I have made small adjustments the length of the rod that is hooked up to the carb via what looks like a custom made linkage with several holes with no change...
Here's an article out of a hot rod forum that says this about the lever coming out of the trans
Somewhere in this range of the lever’s arc, you can feel a slight resistance from the lever’s internal spring. This is where the line pressure begins to rise, ultimately causing a downshift. Properly dialing in the lever’s range of motion is critical to shift performance and transmission longevity. Says Jason: “For the first half of its travel range, there is very little resistance and the lever does nothing. At the halfway point, you can feel where it starts to hit the valve inside the trans, and that’s the position the lever must be in at idle.”
So it also goes on to say that at WOT this linkage should push the lever all the way. Figuring this is why all the holes in the carb linkage adjusting the amount of throw.
I would be curious to see any pics from other machines both of the lever position at idle and of the carb linkage setting to compare. Our machine has the AMC 258 with the torqueflight, weber carb
Does anyone have any expertise with these? Any Mopar hot rodders?
Thanks in advance.
I have made small adjustments the length of the rod that is hooked up to the carb via what looks like a custom made linkage with several holes with no change...
Here's an article out of a hot rod forum that says this about the lever coming out of the trans
Somewhere in this range of the lever’s arc, you can feel a slight resistance from the lever’s internal spring. This is where the line pressure begins to rise, ultimately causing a downshift. Properly dialing in the lever’s range of motion is critical to shift performance and transmission longevity. Says Jason: “For the first half of its travel range, there is very little resistance and the lever does nothing. At the halfway point, you can feel where it starts to hit the valve inside the trans, and that’s the position the lever must be in at idle.”
So it also goes on to say that at WOT this linkage should push the lever all the way. Figuring this is why all the holes in the carb linkage adjusting the amount of throw.
I would be curious to see any pics from other machines both of the lever position at idle and of the carb linkage setting to compare. Our machine has the AMC 258 with the torqueflight, weber carb
Does anyone have any expertise with these? Any Mopar hot rodders?
Thanks in advance.