Here is a good video on the proper TV cable adjustment -

 

Thank you. I did watch that one before. I did a small adjustment at lunch today and it seems to be doing pretty good. I am just going to run it the rest of this week and see how it does. Sorry to have been a pain in the butt guys. I just wanted to do it right. Than you all for being patience with me. I will say the weird whirling sound is gone so that's a bonus. lol

 

This is exactly what we are here for.

 

I do have a question. I noticed it shifts from first to second before I get there the light. Doesn't that seem a little quick?

 

First gear is fairly deep, and if you aren't loaded, it won't stay in first very long. If you want it to hold the gear a little longer, adjust the TV cable another notch tighter at the throttle body. Just move it one at a time, drive it for a while, see what you think, and adjust as you desire.

 

It's hard to explain because it's almost acting like a double bump feel fast shift. Then everything else seems to be shifting around 2000 rpm then back down to 1500 or less. I also find that it shift odd when it sits overnight. With this rain and my road. I wont be able to get the new pressure sensors till this weekend. I might just go ahead and put new ones in and check the pan to see how it's doing since rebuild. Over all it doing pretty good.

 

Well today coming home was pretty good after re-setting the TV cable back to where video said. Shifts were doing good and decent. Drove about 30 minutes to KFC and pick up dinner drove across the street through a parking lot.Went to hit main road and it dropped like kick down but it clearly slipped real bad 3 to 4 times before I gently drove it home. I am going to let it cool down and check to make sure something didn't break or let loose with TV cable. This is very concerning considering the only real slips that were very light was sitting all night. It would act weird but settle down. This is why I was concerns with the shifting times. I am at a loss here. Once traffic dies down. I am going to run it and see if for some reason this may have been a fluke deal? This is rough since I can't keep missing work but still haven't had the chance to fix the other truck I have. Really bummed out after all the work I have done.

 

Does the TV cable operate nice and smooth? Mine had a rust accumulation inside it and would cause the inner cable to stick from time to time. I ended up replacing the TV cable and cured my post rebuild shifting issues. Also, is the return spring still mounted on the transmission linkage for the TV cable?

 

I just went and double checked the TV cable and made sure it was adjusted like the video say's. I went for a drive down the road and it was slipping bad. I tried something I would not do but I floored the truck on the way back and it down shifted as it should and shifted through the gears. I felt the shift and didn't seem to slip at all. TV cable spring connected down there but I am curious that if it may be bad or something else is going on?

The cable seems to be moving fine when I adjusted it before leaving work. It actually shift better time wise on the way home (20 min). It didn't start this slipping till I left KFC. I noticed after sitting all night, when I get up and go to work. It would act funny on shifting but cleared up within a block or two. Sit all day at work but would act fine other then shift first to second before I was though the intersection at the light. I'm honestly at a loss here. I followed the rebuild video to the T and everything seemed to check out fine. I dropped it off at the transmission shop last week to see if he would do a pressure check and band adjustment for the weird morning slight slip I had but it sat there for a day. After speaking with him. It was clear he didn't want to touch it after rebuilding it on my own. Basically he blew me off. I just couldn't afford a rebuild. So I am pretty much on my own at this point. It's either I need to figure this our or cut some cost by removing it again and having it rebuild by another shop again. I don't have the tools to test everything like they do. To be honest this thread has ran so long that I'm sure some people have stopped reading it. I don't blame them. lol. Being new to transmissions doesn't help a lot. I may call AAMCO here and see if they could maybe help me solve this problem as well as work with me? I need to get this corrected asap.

 

I had issues after my rebuild where the TV cable would become disconnected from the lever at the transmission from time to time. This would cause consistent transmission shifting issues. After re-installing the TV cable connection at the transmission a couple of times, I realized that the TV cable was acting up and I replaced it. I also replaced the return spring for good measure and made sure it didn't interfere with the movement of the TV cable as it pulls the lever on the transmission.

The other issue I had was with the improper electronics installed in the transmission. After installing the newly rebuilt transmission and road tested things, I noticed that the trans temperature light would come on after less than 5 minutes of driving and the overdrive light on the dash switch would light up. Hard to believe my transmission was overheating after 5 minutes since the check valve was bypassed and I had installed a deep transmission pan that holds 4 extra quarts of fluid. When I raised this issue on this forum, I was asked what year electronics were installed in the transmission. I asked my builder and he told me that he had installed late model electronics since he didn't think it mattered and he had the late model electronics readily available. Once he understood that the late model electronics may have been causing the issue, he ordered the correct electronics and installed them into the transmission to address those two issues.