Re: Subject: another kick down question
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Re: Subject: another kick down question




OK so it looks like Lokar or Bouchillon. Now my next question is WHY?
WHY are the mopars so sensitive about the kickdowns??
I understand the other brands dont need them but Torqueflites will" burn up" with out them. what does that mean exactly. all I ever hear are vague reasons like "you'll burn it up", not a good enuf answer for Mr. Busybody I want to know what actually happens in the tranny and why the other brands dont need them. Thanks. growing grumpier by the minute and hating
my mopars even more, neal zimmerman, eugene Oregon

neal...list...

gm and fords for quite a few years used a vacuum modulator to regulate shift points
and pressures

wide open throttle gave a near zero manifold vacuum signal and would tell the trans to
shift hard.

some of them also used a lever and linkage for kickdown information.

mopar uses the linkage for both kick down and pressure information.

wthout any linkage the tranny would think it is at idle or a low throttle setting...... you might not hurt anything if you really babied the car but any high power runs could hurt something.

when my brother put headers on his car he drove it for about two months with the kickdown lever held towards the rear and he shifted the car manually...didn't seem to hurt anything.
probably not the best setup but it got him by.

junkyard engineering at its'  best

rob and ferrets in phx


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