Rick,
You have me wondering now. I have a TPI with a 700R4, with the Lokar cable. I just tightned the TV cable until the tranny downshifted correctly. Sounds like there is more to it then that. Do I need to have a certain amount of pressure on that cable or pull off the pan??? -----Original Message----- From: Rick Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Chevelle Mailing List <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> Sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:05 pm Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 700r4 TV Cable Adjustment ? Thank You Dale, that should work most excellently!???? And? Mike thanx for the information.?? This is for a TPI system, not carb.?? But I know that the procedure is the same, just different bracket.? That info looks? very familiar, I?forgot about?it.? ??? I?used that procedure when I first installed the 700 with a carburetor?.??? Messy but I know?it works. On 9/26/07, Mike Holleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rick, The best way to set the TV cable requires the pan off the trans. You disconnect the TV cable at the carb, make sure the throttle is giving you WOT. Then connect the cable and get a friend to mash the pedal to WOT. The plunger that is activated by the TV cable needs to be fully pushed into the valve body, basically flushed. If it is not adjust the cable tension until it is.? If you are using BTO's brackets on the carb end and a Lokar cable, this is the basic adjustment. If you are just changing out a cable you need not worry about any pressure settings. Mike Holleman ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Schaefer To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 700r4 TV Cable Adjustment ? ? Thanx Brad, but that particular post & most everything else I've googled refer to a stock cable.? There is no tab to push down with the LOKAR cable.? Its a braided cable, adjusted by movement of lock nuts at the mount bracket.?? ? ? The TV Made EZ page & its links give the procedure with a braided cable, but not the specific pressures to look for.?? Bowtie OD wants you to record the pressues, email them, and then they tell you what adjustments to make (as far as I could find). ? ?? Late last nite I found a Swedish (I think) web site thgat gave the pressures in KpA (??) and if I can find some type of conversion chart it may help.? Any more info will sure be appreciated.? I've had great luck & reliability with this tranny for 10 years & don't want to burn it up now. ? On 9/26/07, Brad Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rick Schaefer wrote: ?? Does anyone have instructions/advice for adjusting the TV cable on my 700??? I am using a LOKAR TV Cable & Bracket on a TPI motor, not the stock zip & click stock cable.??? When I installed it several years ago, I adjusted it using a gauge and had to read specific pressure ranges for each gear.? I can't find the info used back then.? Thanx -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino One reference (from Corvette Forum): The TV cable adjustment is made on the side of the carb. It is something that can be done in a few minutes. If your pivot point is correct all you do is push in the metal tab on the cable mount and push the nose towards the firewall or into the mounting bracket then take the carb throttle linkage and give it full throttle until the cable ratcheted out and the butterflies of the carb are at full throttle position. This should adjust the TV cable correctly. If you make the cable shorter by pushing it into the body the shifts are alot harder You can try this but the 1st time you floor it the cable will self adjust. I mentioned the throttle stud must be in the correct location so that at a given throttle position the TV cable is pulled out the correct amount for line pressure. I have these demensions but not here. The shop that rebuilt my transmission wanted my copy for their files. Remember to adjust the TV cable nothing but the aircleaner must come off. Chevelle Forum: http://www.chevelles.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-79170.html Bowtie Overdrives has a detailed PDF on this and more: http://www.bowtieoverdrives.com/Instructions/TV_101-1.pdf You can also read a few other sites: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/transmission/tvcable.html http://www.transmissioncenter.net/subject.htm -- Brad Waller -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 8:02 AM -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
