Turbo 350 Kickdown Cable Adjustment

With the throttle wide open you are not able to pull the kickdown cable out any further.

Turbo 350 kickdown cable adjustment.

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. The tv throttle valve detent cable controls line pressure shift points part throttle downshifts and detent downshifts. Darn jim the last time i had a turbo 350 was 20 years ago and the kickdown didn t work and i didn t care. The kickdown cable is properly adjusted when bothof the following conditions are met.

Over time this cable can come out of adjustmant and cause improper shifting which is not only annoying but can prove to be harmful to the transmission. With the carb at wot the cable should be pulled out of the trans as far as it will go is it. In this article i will explain in brief how to adjust this yourself in about 5 10 minutes. Somehow i remember that type of adjustment on a 700r4 not a 350.

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. Then on the carb end you cut the cable to your needs and adjust. On the 350 the cable is just for kickdown.

Are you sure you have the right cable. The lokar kick down cable is much like their throttle cable. Installing the b m vacuum modulator for gm th350 th400 automatic transmissions part 20234. It connects on the tranny end just like the stock cable.

This unit is designed for use with select applications including gm th400 and th350.