nope...that's the whole idea...with it being a manual valve body, you do all the decision making on shifts...not the trans. The trans is in essence no longer an automatic. If you put it in 3rd @ a light, you'll take off in third. Bill M 65 Coronet 500 'vert > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx> > >> >> >> with a manual shift reverse pattern valve body, do I need to run kickdown >> linkage?????