Carbed AOD never finds OD?

Hmmm... it sounds like a TV cable adjustment problem, as do most AOD related issues, but I want to make sure I understand you correctly.

You're saying that when you place the transmission in "drive" you can feel 1-2-3, but no OD shift. What I mean is that you're not attempting to manually shift the tranny from 1 to 2 to 3 to OD, right? As you know, the shift pattern for the AOD is 1-3-4, so trying to manually shift will get you that pattern. Otherwise, from my experience, all the AODs I've driven have very quickly slipped through, or completely bypassed second gear anyways. So I just wonder if your tranny is doing the same thing and that you're actually getting 1-3-4? This would kinda make sense within the context of your experience of the "hunting" quality of "second" gear... i.e. it's actually slipping back and forth between 3 and OD. Hell, I don't know...

mine doesn't go in unless i'm doing about 65 and then let off the gas.. then push back on it again.

thats due to the high pressure it is set at for my shift points and for the hard shifts.
who set up you pressure and cable?

TampaStang said:

Dark Buddah, it is exactly as you describe. Put it in drive and go.

I set up the cable, never checked the pressure. I have tried every which way. Seems to work best if the cable is a little loose just idling, and pulls the tv to what looks nearly 1:1. I guess its time to pick up a guage!

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A couple things... definitely set it by a guage, and I've heard that it is important that the cable has the same amount of travel as the throttle. Basically, for every inch of throttle movement, the cable should be moved an inch. This means that the location of where the TV cable attaches to the carb has to be the same distance from the throttle shaft as the throttle cable. Does that make sense???

With 3.50 gears, the AOD in Chepie would not go into OD until 45-50 MPH. I agree with above, check the TV cable and adjust.