[V8] A few issues with my '93 4.2

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Ah!  Thanks, Greg! I've gotten so used to driving the 5-speed that  
I'd forgotten about the kickdown in the cable.  Maybe I'll be lucky  
enough that the wire(s) is/are disconnected.  I can hope, can't I? :-)

Ingo

On May 8, 2006, at 11:53 PM, Greg Furstenwerth wrote:

>  From when I was asking about the Kickdown due to it acting weird on
> mine. I have over 7000 archived V8 list mails :)
>
> Greg
> 93 V8Q, North Bend WA
>
> Lawrence and Greg (and Jeremy...),
>
> Mine runs exactly the same as Greg's, for what it's
> worth.  It will not downshift in "E" on the highway.
> In "S", it will instantly downshift and take off.
> However, with the added juice of the 4.2, I've never
> found the 55-75mph run in "E" to be that lacking.
>
> Carter
>
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>
> Hey Lawerence,
>
> The kick down switch is built into the throttle cable and has a known
> failure issue.  I replaced mind a few years back for around $100 (?).
> The switch is built into the throttle cable (it is the box that sits
> flush with the engine side of the firewall) and operates when you
> create enough pulling tension on it.
>
> Swapping it out wasn't a real picnic.  IIRC I removed the drivers coil
> and a few other goodies to get my hands down in there.  There is the
> connector for the switch that is tucked under the floor mat (follow
> the 2 brown wires that come through the hole in the firewall created
> for the accelerator cable).
>
> There is a possibility that the throttle cable is out of adjustment
> and it is not the kick down switch, but I would guess that that the
> other route is more likely.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Jeremy
>
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>
>  I have two 3.6L 90V8Qs.  One has the original 90 4spd automatic  
> and the
>  other has a 93 4spd automatic.  The  90 tranny drops down one or  
> two speeds
>  when I floor it and gives me the power I need for merging onto the
>  interstate, etc.  The 93 tranny doesn't behave the same way and  
> fails to
>  drop down more than one gear beyond 65mph when I floor it--feels  
> more like
>  a 4cyl. between 65 and 75mph.  Questions:  What governs the  
> kickdown points
>  on these transmissions?  There isn't a kickdown switch per se.  
> Were there
>  design modifications to the 93 trannies (or other 4.2L automatics)  
> that
>  would cause them to function differently when connected up to a 3.6L?
>
>
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