single black wire to trimatic

[ari666]

i cant find my frikken commodore manual anywhere

anyways, anyone know what the single balck wire does that goes to a V8 trimatic? the plug is loose and the little pin it clips onto pushes into the box. i had to get my pliers out twice to get it out.

wondering if it is absolutely necessary or just some stupid dash warning light.

p.s. my reverse lights work fine as does the neutral safety lock with it off.

cheers

[DVOLVO]

Kick down wire.. Its connected to your Accelerator pedal..

[shiftySLE]

high speed kick down, as opposed to the vacuume kickdown which occurs automatically. When you floor ir, the pedal pushes a switch which activates a solenoid through that wire.

[delcowizzid]

its called the full throttle detent valve if i remember right might help you find some info.should be a slide switch for it on the throttle pedal too thats where the wire comes from

[ari666]

you guys rock! cheers

also a quick one... if i stick my finger in the hole where to speedo gear should be, should i feel any teeth of the gear it connects to? all i can feel is a smooth shaft (giggity) speedo stopped working a time back and i am now trying to suss out why.

[delcowizzid]

the plastic cog might have snapped in half and fallen off the shaft

[ari666]

yeah thats what i am thinkin how hard is that replace? does it mean dropping the trans and taking the end off it? i suck at transmissions.

[delcowizzid]

haha not hard to slide the rear housing off and put a new one on

[ari666]

ok, diggin up old threads, but CBF making a new one.

is there any way of tweaking the trmatic so it drops down gears more regularly. i have low vac (due to cam shaft), stall converter and shift kit and i am sure that one of those things is messing with my down-shifting.

i have to do it manually and my girlfriend alsways gets that "oh my god your about to kill me" look whenever my hand goes anywhere near the t-bar, so i want it to happend by its self.

cheers

[delcowizzid]

is the slider on the accelerater pedal for the detent adjusted right

[ari666]

yeah, thats what i was wondering. how would one go about adjusting the 'slider'

[delcowizzid]

oh no dont make me get my vk manual out i only just buried it in the bottom of the cupboard LOL there is a detailed setup procedure in the manual for it if i remember rightly silly things like adjusting the accelerater cable make it get out of whack

[ari666]

or fitting holley carbs wouldnt help either i'd imagine

[delcowizzid]

wouldnt be much difference to the quaddy in pull radius ide amagine

[ari666]

well after laying in that position, (you know the one, feet on the ground, back in an arch with the seat digging right into your spine staring up underneath the dash?) for a while, i figured it out. thanks delcowiz, its all in the accelerator pedal, i never really took much time to study the pedal itself, but its pretty stupid.

anyways, its in the cable, you're right. i had to wind out all the way in the engine bay, reset the starting point of the pedal and then get in and out of the most painful position a human can take, to get it spot on because if you have too much cable the switch stops any further acceleration, and too little doesnt switch it over.

in fact i actually got a little more opening out of my secondarys cos' i wasnt aware there was any adjustment on the pedal itself, thought it was all in the engine bay.

very good afternoons work, im off to have a beer now

[delcowizzid]

haha so did it help the problem too haha maybe we got you that extra 20kw you wanted from the secondaries opening fully

[ari666]

20kw you wanted from the secondaries opening fully

it did help, totally changes the way the car operates now if you put your foot down. b4 was like... foot flat, wait... wait ...wait ...then it drops to second once the vac kick down engaged, now it kicks to first straight away. its a bit dangerous actually, might have to take it a bit easy on the pedal.

but no to the 20KWs sadly, cos i have since replaced the 750 Vac secondarys (it went on the dyno with) with my old 650 double pumper and 1 inch spacer. the spacer was the thing messing with it, cos' the carby sits higher and the cable had to go 'up' slightly it needed more free play to get it around the last little bit of 'curve' if that makes sense.

but yeah, anyone reading this check your little slidy-switch thing, although it hurts to look at and adjust, when its setup right it helps heaps.

[delcowizzid]

maybe its a little too adjusted ya misses is probably gonna wish you were grabbing for the stick now LOL

[ari666]

BAM!!! no warnings that s what i like to see.

sadly, i have had too many beers today to drive home, so its her that gets to test drive lol, i am not gonna tell her i have played with it and see how well she can turn into a skid under power

[delcowizzid]

hahaha oh yeah sorry love i messed with it a little

[ari666]

YOU KNOW IT!!! you know the comment you have to make!!! ill bet youve said it once or twice yourself whilst trying not to piss yourself laughing.