Re: {Chrysler 300} 1962 300 Sport - Linkage Adjustment

["'Matt Allyn' via Chrysler 300 Club International" <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Finally got around to readjusting the linkage - Carburetor on down to Transmission.

Before this adjustment, it was holding the shift for too long between all gears & not really wanting to shift.

Followed the book, again, step by step.

The test drive:

- It is now shifting almost too fast & almost too smooth; when accelerating normally from a stoplight.  BUT….

- If stomping on the pedal, from a dead stop, it feels right.  It holds 1st gear until hitting around 40mph.  Again; when floored.

A question about the true meaning behind step #7 of the adjustment instructions:

Located on page 14-43 at:

http://www.jholst.net/62-service-manual/fuel.pdf

Which reads….

MOVE LINK ® OF CARBURETOR ROD ASSY. REARWARD UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION LEVER STOP IS CONTACTED.

In sliding back the Carburetor Rod….

When IS the Transmission Lever Stop actually contacted?

That same stop (in Step #4) has you move that Stop forward & then tighten the Transmission Lock Nut.

So when you then slide back the Carburetor Rod…how do you know when the Trans Lever Stop is contacted?

I always read Step #7 as….

You slide back that Carburetor Rod all the back towards the Firewall & tighten the Lock Nut

(Hope I just made sense)

Matt Allyn  

On Jan 3, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Cox <Scooter465@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi
I would check the transmission kick down adjustment. If it is set to long
It will shift late. A general rule
Of thumb. The throttle pressure lever on transmission should be all the
Way forward when the throttle  is closed at curb idle.


Bob Haag

On Jan 3, 2021, at 7:42 PM, 'Matt Allyn' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Working on my ’62 Sport.
383 with a single 4 barrel.
New everything; engine, carburetor, transmission; even the shifter cable.
All linkage taken apart, cleaned all threads of adjustment areas & reassembled.
I have done the adjustments, very meticulously, per Group 14 in the service manual.

Now….
- It shifts from 1st to 2nd a bit late.  RPM’s up too high before shifting hard into 2nd (fine if drag racing, but not cool for the street).
- It doesn’t want to shift up into 3rd at all.

Helpful hints as to which steps, of 1 through 8 to readjust; or slightly change up a bit from the book?
Or start over & go step by step all over again?

Thanks!
Matt Allyn

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