tempermental 700r4
#11
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: alberta,canada
Posts: 166
I have a ford aod which uses the same principal....has a tv cable from the carb to the tranny..........when i built mine the first thing i did was get a lokar tv cable so i could adjust it up top by the carb.......my tranny is modified so might be a little diffrent then yours but.....my first.second gear will not shift when i am manual shifting until i do so..........when i am in drive it shifts by itself at 5500 rpm........by adjusting the tv cable it will shift harder,faster and will shift at 6000 rpm haven't adjusted any higher then that as it will shift like way to hard break your neck...............but if you are loosening the adjustment it will shift earlier,slower and if to much will burn out the bands in a short period........i lean to setting it higher( i set mine with a pressure gauge in a port on the side of the tranny and shorting the adjustment gives you more throttle pressure and will make it shift harder,faster and higher rpm...................i hope this helps as mine be alittle diffrent then yours but close .............i would not fool around with it if u r not sure take it to someone that knows
#12
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: tn
Posts: 18
i was told to push whats called a d-bar in, then mash the trottle to wot, then letgo and its right , but when i did that the adjuster just adjusted all the way out and shifted quicker and a lil softer, like it was slippin
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Orlando, FL
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That procedure is not always correct. You may need to adjust it a notch at a time and feel it out. Also be careful "mashing" the pedal, you could break the clip off the linkage end of the cable. Rather push in the d, and manually open the linkage to WOT.



