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mattopia · 11-24-2003, 03:13 AM

I need some help with this. The truck I just bought had the kickdown cable just sitting there. Its a 81 Chevy SWB w/ a 305HO and a TH350 trans. It's almost all original with low miles. The problem is that it had the wrong carb on it and I think that the last owner was trying to hookup the cable like it shows in the pic I have posted. The problem is that the cable is at the bottom of the bracket and the post it is to be mounted on is at the top of the lever which puts it at a bad angle. All the other trucks I have seen show it to be mounted at the bottom of the lever including my other truck (but I'm running an edelbrock). I am posting another pic also that I found on here from somebody else's post. It shows the cable hooked up the way I have it on my other truck, so the kickdown works opposite the throttle. Thanks

mattopia · 11-24-2003, 03:17 AM

Another thing, the end of the cable (that long oval slider thing on the end made out of steal) mine is almost twice as long as the one in the pic above.

mattopia · 11-24-2003, 03:18 AM

The pic above is where I have seen them mounted before. On my other truck the end is cut off and the wire is put through this thing with a set screw that snaps on to that stud. I have never had a problem with it. I don't know what the best way is to mount it is. I do want to mount it. I don't want to down shift all the time. Thanks

crackajacka · 11-24-2003, 03:34 AM

ill be watchin this one cause my kickdown cable just has this little piece of crap button looking thing thats cut in half

apstguy · 11-24-2003, 02:22 PM

Am I mistaken, or do TH350s not have kickdown cables? Don't they have a vaccum modulator? It could be that your truck was originally equipted with a TH700R4 and for some reason the previous owner left the cable on there.

mattopia · 11-24-2003, 03:50 PM

It has a cable as does my 86. The 400 trans don't have cables.

crackajacka · 11-24-2003, 04:41 PM

th350's have modulators and then a kickdown cable that when u romp on it, it kicks it down to 2nd or first depending on how fast your goin

mattopia · 11-25-2003, 01:57 AM

Either way I need to know how to hook up the cable.

illusion71 · 11-28-2003, 10:52 PM

I have a similiar problem with my kickdown cable. I have adjusted it like my haynes manual said and it does not kick down, needless to say i dont take the truck in passing situations.... Do i need to get a new vacuum modulator?

crackajacka · 11-29-2003, 02:50 AM

i wouldnt think so if the truck is shifting, the kickdown cable pulls something in the valve body and makes it shift down a gear. might try it modulators around here are only like 12 bucks and then u get to go threw the pain of adjusting them

11-24-2003, 03:13 AM	#1
mattopia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 49	kickdown cable trouble I need some help with this. The truck I just bought had the kickdown cable just sitting there. Its a 81 Chevy SWB w/ a 305HO and a TH350 trans. It's almost all original with low miles. The problem is that it had the wrong carb on it and I think that the last owner was trying to hookup the cable like it shows in the pic I have posted. The problem is that the cable is at the bottom of the bracket and the post it is to be mounted on is at the top of the lever which puts it at a bad angle. All the other trucks I have seen show it to be mounted at the bottom of the lever including my other truck (but I'm running an edelbrock). I am posting another pic also that I found on here from somebody else's post. It shows the cable hooked up the way I have it on my other truck, so the kickdown works opposite the throttle. Thanks Attached Images

11-24-2003, 03:17 AM	#2
mattopia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 49	Another thing, the end of the cable (that long oval slider thing on the end made out of steal) mine is almost twice as long as the one in the pic above. Attached Images

11-24-2003, 03:18 AM	#3
mattopia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 49	The pic above is where I have seen them mounted before. On my other truck the end is cut off and the wire is put through this thing with a set screw that snaps on to that stud. I have never had a problem with it. I don't know what the best way is to mount it is. I do want to mount it. I don't want to down shift all the time. Thanks Last edited by mattopia; 11-24-2003 at 03:29 AM.

11-24-2003, 03:34 AM	#4
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	ill be watchin this one cause my kickdown cable just has this little piece of crap button looking thing thats cut in half __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

11-24-2003, 02:22 PM	#5
apstguy LED King Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,088	Am I mistaken, or do TH350s not have kickdown cables? Don't they have a vaccum modulator? It could be that your truck was originally equipted with a TH700R4 and for some reason the previous owner left the cable on there. __________________ Tyler 1985 C10 305 w/ Bowtie OD TH700R4 3.42 LSD 202,000 miles 2006 Ford Focus ZX3 5-speed Stick 2016 Chevy Spark EV Gone: 2002.5 VW GTI 24v VR6 Gone: 2008 VW R32

11-24-2003, 03:50 PM	#6
mattopia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 49	It has a cable as does my 86. The 400 trans don't have cables.

11-24-2003, 04:41 PM	#7
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	th350's have modulators and then a kickdown cable that when u romp on it, it kicks it down to 2nd or first depending on how fast your goin __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

11-25-2003, 01:57 AM	#8
mattopia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 49	Either way I need to know how to hook up the cable.

11-28-2003, 10:52 PM	#9
illusion71 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 13	I have a similiar problem with my kickdown cable. I have adjusted it like my haynes manual said and it does not kick down, needless to say i dont take the truck in passing situations.... Do i need to get a new vacuum modulator? __________________ -79 Bonanza C10 305 t350- --Needs front clip...LOL-- Cant stop the heartbeat of a Chevrolet.

11-29-2003, 02:50 AM	#10
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	i wouldnt think so if the truck is shifting, the kickdown cable pulls something in the valve body and makes it shift down a gear. might try it modulators around here are only like 12 bucks and then u get to go threw the pain of adjusting them __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/



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