[V8] A few issues with my '93 4.2

[Greg Furstenwerth]

Ummm.... no there is no hoping with a V8... We will have none of that!!! 
toughen up! :)

Greg

Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
> 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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