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Old 01-10-2013, 01:15 PM   #1
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Tv cable?

Been doing lots of reading about tv cable options for the 700r4 going into my 66. Im a little confused because Bowtie Overdrive gives a spring in their kit and says it needs to be installed or tranny will die. Is this only because of the geometry of their kit? I know my 700r4 works fine as I was able to drive it a good ways before pulling it. Am I gonna kill the trans if I just put the Edelbrock bracket on the throttle to correct geometry? Besides being able to slightly change shift behavior what else does the bowtie kit accomplish?
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Old 01-10-2013, 07:35 PM   #2
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Re: Tv cable?

All I know about the TV cable is, if you set it up wrong, you will smoke your tranny!!

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Old 01-10-2013, 09:00 PM   #3
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Re: Tv cable?

I used a bowtie overdrive set up on my 48 coupe.....no problems....I did use spring
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Old 01-11-2013, 12:13 AM   #4
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Re: Tv cable?

Pretty certain I can set tv cable once geometry is correct! My concern is why bow tie says the spring is needed with their kit or tranny will die!
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:29 AM   #5
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Re: Tv cable?

You might try calling Bowtie Overdrives and ask them. I'm sure there is a good reason for it.


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Pretty certain I can set tv cable once geometry is correct! My concern is why bow tie says the spring is needed with their kit or tranny will die!
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I've got dish network (lol)

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Old 01-11-2013, 12:46 PM   #7
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Old 01-12-2013, 11:35 PM   #8
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Re: Tv cable?

the reason for the spring is like insurance.
It's there to cover your butt
In most cases the spring is worn out & unless you remove it and measure it you will never know.
They have has seen to many transmissions burn up due to the spring alone, so they offer the spring & say you MUST change it... so you do just that change it out.
This way you are 100% sure that the spring in your transmission is good.

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Old 01-12-2013, 11:41 PM   #9
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Scott!! You the man! Exactly the info I was looking for! Thanks!

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