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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: tranny problems
- Message-ID: <exuptr.417.0@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 00:08:06 GMT
- References: <6235.196.uupcb@yob.sccsi.com> <101777@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Dec14.181341.14802@colorado.edu> <1992Dec14.204622.7212@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- In article <1992Dec14.204622.7212@mlb.semi.harris.com> jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) writes:
- >From: jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger)
- >Subject: Re: tranny problems
- >Date: 14 Dec 92 20:46:22 GMT
-
-
- > A disconnected vacuum modulator line seems to act to make upshifts happen
- >sooner, though that goes against logic. I know I've had lines come off and
- >the trans would basically shift right away, so I'd be in third by 20MPH.
- >Reconnecting it made things shift later.
-
- > GM TH400 automatics have used electrical kickdowns since the late '60s at
- >least. There is no kickdown linkage, just a switch on the gas pedal.
-
- Is it always on the gas pedal? Is there another way to do this? I have
- a conversion that is running a Turbo 400 and I'm pretty sure there is no
- kickdown at all. Sometimes the vacuum will cause a down shift, but not
- really very often
-
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