Rick, The best way to set the TV cable requires the pan off the trans. You
disconnect the TV cable at the carb, make sure the throttle is giving you WOT.
Then connect the cable and get a friend to mash the pedal to WOT. The plunger
that is activated by the TV cable needs to be fully pushed into the valve body,
basically flushed. If it is not adjust the cable tension until it is. If you
are using BTO's brackets on the carb end and a Lokar cable, this is the basic
adjustment. If you are just changing out a cable you need not worry about any
pressure settings.
Mike Holleman
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Schaefer
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 700r4 TV Cable Adjustment
Thanx Brad, but that particular post & most everything else I've googled
refer to a stock cable. There is no tab to push down with the LOKAR cable.
Its a braided cable, adjusted by movement of lock nuts at the mount bracket.
The TV Made EZ page & its links give the procedure with a braided cable,
but not the specific pressures to look for. Bowtie OD wants you to record the
pressues, email them, and then they tell you what adjustments to make (as far
as I could find).
Late last nite I found a Swedish (I think) web site thgat gave the
pressures in KpA (??) and if I can find some type of conversion chart it may
help. Any more info will sure be appreciated. I've had great luck &
reliability with this tranny for 10 years & don't want to burn it up now.
On 9/26/07, Brad Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rick Schaefer wrote:
Does anyone have instructions/advice for adjusting the TV cable on my
700? I am using a LOKAR TV Cable & Bracket on a TPI motor, not the stock zip
& click stock cable. When I installed it several years ago, I adjusted it
using a gauge and had to read specific pressure ranges for each gear. I can't
find the info used back then. Thanx
--
Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
One reference (from Corvette Forum):
The TV cable adjustment is made on the side of the carb. It is something
that can be done in a few minutes. If your pivot point is correct all you do is
push in the metal tab on the cable mount and push the nose towards the firewall
or into the mounting bracket then take the carb throttle linkage and give it
full throttle until the cable ratcheted out and the butterflies of the carb are
at full throttle position. This should adjust the TV cable correctly. If you
make the cable shorter by pushing it into the body the shifts are alot harder
You can try this but the 1st time you floor it the cable will self adjust. I
mentioned the throttle stud must be in the correct location so that at a given
throttle position the TV cable is pulled out the correct amount for line
pressure. I have these demensions but not here. The shop that rebuilt my
transmission wanted my copy for their files. Remember to adjust the TV cable
nothing but the aircleaner must come off.
Chevelle Forum:
http://www.chevelles.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-79170.html
Bowtie Overdrives has a detailed PDF on this and more:
http://www.bowtieoverdrives.com/Instructions/TV_101-1.pdf
You can also read a few other sites:
http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/transmission/tvcable.html
http://www.transmissioncenter.net/subject.htm
--
Brad Waller
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Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
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