60 MPH DOWNSHIFT? It's NOT A race car!

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

Chris and Ranae,

        Sounds like you want to lengthen the Kickdown rod, that is connected to 
the accelerator linkage to the carburetor.  The only problem with this being 
that, you will surely see an increase in the amount/frequency of kick-downs when
driving around town.  After executing a corner on the street, the same throttle 
position may now incur a kick-down and rev like a mad man on a normally smooth 
corner.  My T'all is like that, I may shorten the rod on mine.  Something about 
a gentle acceleration turning into a first gear roost, troubles me.


     -Joel Brodsky
        www.physics.arizona.edu/~jbrodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727 RE8000, Cibie40s, custom 
                rear tire rack, 6 different color body panels.
                Not much sport, all utility.
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727 Hummer brush guard, 
                3/4T rear springs, Hella Rallye 2000s, Con-Ferr 5x7,
                Class IV hitches front and rear, 3" Exhaust.
                1st Place, Rocky Mountain IH Rendezvous,
                3rd Place, Tulare IH Western Regionals.
         '74 IHC Travelall 150? 2wd 392/tf727 "The 'new' one"
                Factory AM/FM, Cruise, Tilt, AC, Captains Chairs,
                Rblt, Alt, carb, fuel pump, ps pump, water pump, dash,
                seats, rear door, starter, master cyl, what could be left?

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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 09:25:06 -0500
From: "Chris and Ranae Procyk" <procyk19@domain.elided>
Subject: What he said..
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1) It seems like the max 3 to 2nd downshift RPM is below spec.  Like I said,
it won't downshift at 60 mph floored.. it works fine at lower speeds.  What
inhibits downshift after a certain RPM?

2) Because I'm so afraid of anything going wrong, I want to baby the
transmission.  It has an tranny cooler, I'm going to add a tranny filter,
too.  What about synthetic ATF?  I saw some Mobil One, but I know that
there's like two kinds of ATF and I didn't know whether this was the right
stuff.

In Use: 70 1210 4x4 TE, 73 1210 WM
Project (2nd time) 67 1000B PU
Parts: 67 1000B TA   68 1100 4x4 TA  72 1010 TA

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