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Tranny not kicking down
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:12 pm
by Leafster
Our transmission isn't kicking down for passing, etc... I have to hit the Overdrive Off to give 'er up hills. Anyone else had this issue? Feedback on the fix?
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:23 pm
by Adrock
stolen from the uk site... adjusting your kick down may be the solution
heres a link to the thread I got the info from
http://www.mdocuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopi ... ick+adjust
seems that slackening is the way to solve your problem...
Just done the kick down cable on mine thanks to advice from Chiefie.
lift your "bonnet" sit in the drivers seat and press the accelerator whilst looking on top of the engine. you will see two cables move. One is the accelerator caable and goes towards the back of the enginine bay then across and down to the accelerator pedal. The other one goes to the right side or the gearbox. The adjustment is just under a couple of wires, on the top of the engine two nuts one iether side of the bracket.
I released mine by quite a bit,
but remember to count the turns so you can return it if it all goes pear shaped.
What a difference.....I now have acceleration in all gears, not only for motorway driving but all the time big improvement.
Thanks Chiefie
Chris
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:05 am
by Breadman
my cable was actually broken. lucky for me a friend was in japan at the time and i was able to get him to pick one up for me. the only problem is that you have to drop the whole tranny pan to replace it at the bottom end.
paul
cost in japan btw 53 brand new
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:01 am
by Leafster
Thanks for the advice, OK so everybody cross your fingers and envision a simple adjustment for us. Thanks!!
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:29 pm
by rlsimpso
The kick down cable was my problem.
Good luck.
Re: Tranny not kicking down
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:39 pm
by DelicaMark
A quick clarification for this post. When I read this, Adrock said
seems that slackening is the way to solve your problem...
. When you read the UK post they are actually talking about the opposite problem that Leafster was talking about...
Our transmission isn't kicking down for passing, etc...
. The UK post was talking about the transmission kicking down to easily.
I just adjusted mine to kick down sooner and not shift up so easily on acceleration from a stop (the acceleration thing was driving me crazy). I tightened the cable quite a bit to do this. If you want the transmission not to kick down as easily then loosen the cable.
Note, the nut in front of the bracket is the lock nut and the nut behind the bracket is the one that adjusts the tension.
Hope this helps.
-Mark