Re: [Chrysler300] torqueflite trans.

["elmer tuuri" <eltuuri@xxxx>]

Kick-down must be working-It must have throttle-pressure-or transmission is 
toast in no time!!
It is a trial and error thing to get it right.--Return spring should be 
sufficient. I bought a car once
with too weak a spring. it took me a day or two to figureout, after 
adjusting did not help
Elmer Tuuri


> From: William Huff <whuff@xxxx>
> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: eltuuri@xxxx
> Subject: [Chrysler300] torqueflite trans.
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 15:11:12 -0500
>
> Hi,
>
> It is true that the kickdown adjustment can change the shifting
> characteristics of the transmission. However, an improperly adjusted or
> missing kickdown adjustment can materially shorten the life of the
> transmission, leading to early failure. Governor pressure is another
> measure of shifting points and quality.
>
> I have also put the transpak in several of my torqueflites over the years,
> but I have never had a cast iron torqueflite apart, and I don't know what
> is available for adjustment in the valve body. I do not believe the
> transpak or other kit was available for the cast iron tranny (could be
> wrong, I was in high school when they were last made and was driving cars
> from the '40s and early '50s.) Yep, those were some fast flat head six
> cylinders, even had a couple of straight 8s. :^).
>
> I really wouldn't recommend moving far from factory adjustment on any
> portion of the transmission without some research. I had spoken to some
> people at J.W. Performance Transmissions a few years ago, they are close to
> where I live, pioneered the Ultrabell bellhousing and are torqueflite
> experts. I think they said that they could make the cast iron transmission
> a pure manual shift that could live under some real horsepower, but they no
> longer do high performance streetable auto shift torqueflites of any kind
> due to the problems associated with the throttle adjustment. Someone would
> put a tall manifold on the engine and the transmission would be back in the
> shop a short time later due to improper kickdown adjustment causing 
> failure.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Huff
>
>
>
>
> Excellent article William! But no one mentioned kickdown adjustment
> [throttle pressure] With minimum pressure, it should shift to high between
> 23-28 mph. I prefer 25-28, but never over 30.
> If you install a shift kit, there is also an adjustmant in the
> throttle-body. I use B+M Transpak.
> After installing one, I just used adjustments from kit for my other
> cars.[street-adjustment]
>
> Elmer Tuuri
> Lively Ont. Canada
> Been a terrible spring
>
>
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