Re: Progress on my 64 Fury...Kickdown linkage

["MO ( Steve Mick)" <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Butch, As I have to make a place on the carb to hook up the kick 
down rod, I have not been driving it.  That is the first thing I will do 
when I get back to it.
 I am assumeing you meant to make the rod adjustments at idle?  Do you want 
the kickdown linkage to be maxed out when  at full throttle, or adjusted so 
it kicks down at the engine speed that you want it 
to?......................NO
{Steve Mick}
http://stevemick1964dodge.shutterfly.com/pictures/5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Edison" <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: Progress on my 64 Fury...Kickdown linkage






I'm going to echo what Gary said about hooking up the kickdown linkage. Pat 
Blais, one of our vendors on the home page, sends out a super-serious 
warning about this issue with his rebuilds. Not just hooking it up, but how 
to adjust it. He says the with the car in Neutral, adjust the linkage so 
there is a little pressure on the kickdown lever. You can feel the 
difference. You may have to go as much as 1/3rd of the way back on the 
adjuster. Mine didn't require that much pressure. All kinds of premature 
failures WILL occur if you run the car without a kickdown linkage. I have 
not learned this the hard way, but trust Pat's 35 (+) years of rebuilding 
these trannies. And yes, fill it up to the correct level asap!

/Butch/Ferndale, WA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary H." <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:28:21 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Progress on my 64 Fury



You are making good progress! You best hook up that kickdown linkage right 
away: running without one is hazardous to the TorqeFlite's health. I'd do 
that and fill it to correct level of trans fluid and retest. It's less work 
to swap out to a different shifter than swap the whole trans. :)

Is the fuel filter new and filter in the gas tank new? I.e., no clogs in the 
fuel supply.


Thanks,
Gary H.


-----Original Message----- 
> Re-sending this in case it got lost in the TOPICA mailbag................MO
> {Steve Mick}
> > I got the old beast running better, after cleaning and re-gapping the
> > plugs, and tinkering with the Holly carb. I actually took it out on the
> > road for a test drive. After refilling the torque converter, I put in 2 
> > 1/2
> > qt. of tranny oil and it still is low on trans fluid. ( I ran out of more)
> > It still does not run quite right. It its hard to tune with open headers 
> > and
> > 1000 idle rpm cam. The tranny shifting is erratic I don;t know if it is
> > because of being low on TF or because I dont have the shift down linkage
> > hooked up. I know I don't like the B&M ratchet shifter! I have located a 
> > 65
> > T flite cable shift tranny locally and it would have the slip yoke output
> > shaft. . The Holly accelerator pump barely dribbles in some gas , so I 
> > will
> > have to experiment with some different acc. pump cams to get a better 
> > shot.
> > .........................MO


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