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Cheers for that Greg, ive got a C4 & yeah the vac modulator is at the rear of the trans👍. I reckon i might be able to get a piece of thin flat metal & drill 2 holes & fit it up to the kickdown bracket & rod to fill that void & get the kickdown rod operating.

Cheers for that Greg, ive got a C4 & yeah the vac modulator is at the rear of the trans👍. I reckon i might be able to get a piece of thin flat metal & drill 2 holes & fit it up to the kickdown bracket & rod to fill that void & get the kickdown rod operating.

You're running an FMX aren't you? I can't remember if the kickdown linkage springs in a particular direction (all the way on or all the way off) but I know on a BW auto, if you get the kickdown adjustment wrong, you can either get slippage and early upchange (not enough kickdown) or clunking/thumping into gear and hanging on to gears (too much kickdown) as well as generally goofy shift points.

I know you mentioned manually shifting but the modulation pressure, determined by amount of kickdown (which also affects clutch engagement) is still not going to be right for the amount of throttle input.

Anyone else who's owned a box like yours please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm really a manual guy and I only really played with Mercedes bus/truck autos back in the day. The throttle/kickdown adjustment was critical on them, even ball joint wear on the throttle linkages would affect the shift quality heaps.

Ok edit... After writing all that, I just researched and found that Ford boxes (C4, C6, FMX) have vacuum modulators to control mod pressure. So yes, you can drive it without a kickdown. Some cars/trucks came without one at all. So disregard what I said in your case, but there are boxes out there that rely on precise adjustment of the kickdown cable/linkage to achieve correct modulation (the lever is dual purpose in this case).

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Accelerator is all sorted now, drove it to Ian's & he gave it the once over. Its running really well . He tried to fit the kickdown rod with the spring perch kit but bcos of the adaptor plate being under the carb its made the throttle bracket abit high & is interfering with the kickdown rod, had there been no adaptor plate wouldn't have a problem but without the adaptor plate there would be no holley so can't win em all. i'll have to manually down shift til i figure something out.

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I wouldn't drive it too hard with kickdown disconnected, depending on if it's always on or off when disconnected, you could do damage to the box with insufficient mod pressure causing clutch slip.

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Accelerator is all sorted now, drove it to Ian's & he gave it the once over. Its running really well . He tried to fit the kickdown rod with the spring perch kit but bcos of the adaptor plate being under the carb its made the throttle bracket abit high & is interfering with the kickdown rod, had there been no adaptor plate wouldn't have a problem but without the adaptor plate there would be no holley so can't win em all. i'll have to manually down shift til i figure something out.

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Accelerator is all sorted now, drove it to Ian's & he gave it the once over. Its running really well . He tried to fit the kickdown rod with the spring perch kit but bcos of the adaptor plate being under the carb its made the throttle bracket abit high & is interfering with the kickdown rod, had there been no adaptor plate wouldn't have a problem but without the adaptor plate there would be no holley so can't win em all. i'll have to manually down shift til i figure something out.

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I decided to make a slice in the bracket to get the inner cable in & have the adjusting nut on the front & locknut on the back. Got the engine started earlier no probs but now i think ive flooded it from fucken around with the throttle linkage for ages, it has spark so thats not the issue

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Hey guys just in the middle of hooking up the throttle cable & ive noticed there is no slice on the bracket where the inner cable slips through. Should i make a slice myself or isnt it supposed to have a slice in it. Most brackets ive had in the past have had a slice in it so that you can get the cable trough the hole & have the adjusting nut on one side of the bracket & the locknut on the other side.

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I reckon ive figured out how to hook up the cable. If i keep the block on the front of the bracket with the springs then the cable will have to go around the back of the motor but if i was to run the cable around the front of the motor like on the TQ then i would have to take the block that has the springs flip it upside down & mount it to the back of the bracket & do the same with the block on the front of the bracket that holds the throttle cable. Ill have to test this when i get home, in Geelong atm doing some sanding on the "New" rear bumper on the NU Fairlane.

When i got a rwc back in 2017 the guy noticed that it had extractors so didnt have the little pipe that goes from the factory manifold up to the carb but let it pass.

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I reckon ive figured out how to hook up the cable. If i keep the block on the front of the bracket with the springs then the cable will have to go around the back of the motor but if i was to run the cable around the front of the motor like on the TQ then i would have to take the block that has the springs flip it upside down & mount it to the back of the bracket & do the same with the block on the front of the bracket that holds the throttle cable. Ill have to test this when i get home, in Geelong atm doing some sanding on the "New" rear bumper on the NU Fairlane.

I was worried about that shit, even had my cobra air cleaner on (yes not the std big silver dunny seat) and the bloke didn't even batt an eyelid. Funny too how nobody's even said anything about my T5 conversion or Shelby drop... Kinda works for us that many mechanics don't really know what they're looking at if the car's pre-1990. Sent from my CPH1920 using Tapatalk
 
 
 
 
 

Cheers Jack, just needs some rust work everything else ive done is brand new. Im a bit worried they might knock me back on the new carb having no EGR who knows.

Oh HELL YEAH............!   😎

Got it running without the cable

Well hope it all goes ok, and she's rwc'ed without any problems.
Going to be a sweet ride.

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Got it running without the cable

Ooooooh yeah looking forward to it Greg:).

Yeah she feels very responsive Jack, i like it. She is still registered atm i just need to go for a rwc & get it registered in my name. Its in a friends name atm. Long story

She purrs! I bet you can't wait to turn a wheel in anger

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Awesome Free!, nice quick response on the carby.
Getting closer to rego, bet your excited.
Well done.

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