automatic transmission not shifting rpms redline
Record Breaker
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: North Charleston, SC
If the "kickdown" cable broke or became disconnected, wouldn't this be what would happen? A long time ago I had an '81 Buick Skylark. It was a total piece of ****, and the kickdown cable broke when I was about 100 miles away from home. It would go to redline in every gear before it would shift. What I did was pull the cable out so it shifted like it were under light throttle, and taped it in place with a ****load of black tape. I'm not sure if this applies in this case, but it was a good story, anyway.
No. Dodges dont have a failsafe. When the cable is disconnected it gives little to no TV pressure and should stack shift, or shift very softly and weird.
Captain
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 540
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From: Fargo, ND
OK. After I posted that, I thought about it a bit, and the cable moves in the opposite direction than it did on old unreliable-- throttle pulls the cable out on the truck, and the throttle let the cable pull in on the POS.
