Fabbing an AOD Kickdown Cable

BlackVert

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• Jan 16, 2008

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Call me crazy, but I think my throttle body is capable of supporting an AOD kickdown cable. Check this out:

The throttle side can go here:


Here is the tranny side ... I think I can fab up a bracket.


at least that will be good enough to get me to the exhaust shop

here is the unconnected kickdown linkage

 

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BlackVert

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what ... no thoughts on this?

 

Bosko5.0

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It may take a little effort but could be done.
you have to find/make the right length cable and route it away from the exhaust but you got good mounting points So get started.

Of course it looks like you may have to reverse the direction of the cable.

 

BlackVert

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here is a piece i made to attach the cable to the kickdown lever on the tranny



yep, it's from a hanger. it's surprisingly sturdy

 

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VIPRETR

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I know MMFF or Super Ford magazine did it in an AOD/SN-95 swap article probably 4-5 yrs. ago. They didn't show any close ups of their fabbed up bracket though, but it can be done.

 

BlackVert

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i went over to the proteus bike shop over lunch ... those guys are awesome!

i got a couple of these:


and a heavy duty cable just as thick as the throttle cable

i also found a perfect thing at home depot for the transmission lever attachment .. it is a keyhole bracket similar to this:

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gcomfx.com

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Sweet... can't wait to see it installed.

 

BlackVert

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i made the throttle connector out of hanger wire


here's a close up on it


and a close up on the cable bracket with the adjuster on it
i'm going to use another one on the other end of the cable for maximum adjustability

 

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BlackVert

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the cable, ready to be installed


the cable is a tad too thick for the adjuster, so i had to trim it a little


the kickdown lever attachment, ready to go

 

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BlackVert

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some pics of the kickdown cable installed ... total cost was about $25

 

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BlackVert

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i didn't like the previous setup because it was't adjustable enough, so i re-did it

this one is much more adjustable

 

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revhead347

Apparently my ex-husband made that mistake.

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Hey, you know there is suposed to be a throttle return spring where you put that kick down cable on the throttle body.

Kurt

 

BlackVert

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revhead347 said:

Hey, you know there is suposed to be a throttle return spring where you put that kick down cable on the throttle body.

Kurt

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really? the throttle already has a return spring

 

BlackVert

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even though my fabbed cable worked fine, i got a lokar kickdown cable for my carb conversion, so i put that on instead. that is a very nice cable.

 

MysteryMachine

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whats a kick down cable do?

 

BlackVert

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in a pre-electronic automatic transmission, the kickdown cable pulls a lever on the side of the tranny that controls the line pressure in the transmission. that pressure is what presses the clutches together for the gears and keeps them from slipping when the power is applied from the engine.

the line pressure is also used along with another pumping device connected to the output shaft of the transmission (called the governor) that controls when the transmission shifts gears. when the pressure from the governor is greater than the line pressure, it shifts to the next gear.

so if the kickdown is not correctly adjusted, if there is not enough line pressure, the clutches can slip too much and be ruined. too much pressure doesn't ruin the clutches, but then the tranny does not shift into the next gear when it should.