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03-19-2005, 09:07 PM
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Switch on gas petal
My sons 72 has aswitch on the gas petal .When you press the gas all the way it engages the switch.What is this for? It has a turbo 400 in it.
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03-19-2005, 09:17 PM
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Its Magically Delicious
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kickdown for the tranny i think
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03-19-2005, 09:24 PM
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72switch
Thats what I thought but I have never owed a 400 trans before.The plug on the side of the trans has A two prog plug on it but only one wire goes down from the switch.Is there some missing?The other wire goes to the fuse box I think.
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03-19-2005, 11:29 PM
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Can you take some pictures of that and post them?? I put A TH400 in my truck and I really need to get A kickdown switch. I would like to see how it is installed.. THANK YOU
Gary
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03-19-2005, 11:34 PM
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400switch
Im sorry but I have no wayto put picture up.Maybe somebody else here has pictures.
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03-20-2005, 12:37 AM
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The two prongs on the plug in the trans. was used in the early 70s th400s that had a spark controller in the trans.valve body that would retard the timming when you kicked it into second gear to prevent knock - think it was part of early smog equipment in cars. If your valve body does not have the spark controller then just one of the prongs is used and connects to the kick down solenoid - have had rebuilt 400s that had the two prong plugs but only used one of them. On the switch on the pedal your right - a hot feed on one side and then the controlling wire to the trans. The peddle switch is still availble from GM as I got a new one not to long ago for my trk when I changed it over to a automatic. This switch was done two different ways depending on the model - one like you have described and the other was on the carb. Had a 68 396 Camaro with the switch on the carb. HTH:::CB
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