Turbo 350 Kickdown Cable Adjustment

Jerry with monster transmission provides a tech tip on the kick down cable adjustment.

Turbo 350 kickdown cable adjustment.

Insert the kickdown cable housing with the rubber hat seal into the transmission. How to correctly adjust kickdown cable on th35 07 02 05 02 07 pm post 731348 in response to wow. So with a 350 the kickdown cable setup doesn t require the calibrated linkage arc that the others do which often needs to be modified on aftermarket or. Then on the carb end you cut the cable to your needs and adjust.

On the 350 the cable is just for kickdown. The lokar kick down cable is much like their throttle cable. Re install the original retaining bolt and tighten. So the lokar kick down cable would bolt right up to this bracket.

The kickdown function of general motors vehicles equipped with the turbo 350 automatic transmission is perhaps better known as passing gear as the accelerator is depressed the throttle lever on the engine is drawn back by a cable which in turn pulls another cable attached to the transmission causing it to downshift into a lower gear. Kickdown cable housing with the protruding lip at the top. The 350 has a governor and a vacuum modulator to regulate shifts rather than a throttle valve that also tailors shift points like on the others. For more information call us at 1 800 708 0087.

It feels like a new car. I completely forgot how it feels for the tranny to drop down to 1st gear at 40mph in this old girl what an eye opener.