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sa6988

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i just put in some mac equal length headers in my 5-0 to complement my off road H and flowmaster mufflers..but ever since the headers were installed a weird thing has happened. (my car is an automatic) where the car shifts into the next gears has changed....it doesnt even get out of 1st til around 40mph...and the rpms never red line or anything like that so how is this happening? is this bad? please give me an explanation...if i didnt give enough info please ask. thanks a lot

oh and the car shakes a whole lot now while idling can that be minimized?

 

vristang

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It sounds like you have a vac line diconnected. Get back under the car and look for vac lines that you may have bumped while doing the exhaust.

 

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Check your TV cable to make sure it is engaged under the TB. Don't drive it without this cable hooked up!

You should get the upgrade: http://www.sccoa.com/sccoo/Faq/tvcable.htm

Good Luck, Don

 

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ok so my next set of questions is where is this tv cable? and if a vac line is disconnected...once reconnected it should put my shifting points back to normal?

 

vristang

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I was gonna suggest checking that your VCR was plugged in and that the time was not flashing 12:00, until I checked the link. Good link.
If it is a vac you will start running better right away.

Make sure the DVD cables are routed properly too.

 

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oh and that picture of the tv cable...is that how its supposed to look or is that how it looks disconnected???

 

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That pic is for a TBird, for a stang it goes under the TB throttle activator. The stock grommet is plastic and it gets cooked and breaks/cracks and the TV cable falls out and your tranny burns up very quickly. That is why there is a service note on this.

Good Luck, Don

 

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sa6988

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ok well ill check those 2 things tomorrow and keep u updated thanks for the help so far though!

 

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sa6988

Just in case your TV cable on the throttle body got out of whack,you should check out this link for properly adjusting TV cables on AOD trannies.I highly suggest you check out this link..Very helpful IMO.

http://www.txchange.com/aodadj.htm

 

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problem solved! it was a vac line thank u guys so much for all the help...i am so happy cause that was really starting to get annoying