I've pretty much completed my 83 CFI 305 to carbed 350 swap. I have a new 670 street avenger on top, and bought the parts outlined in the TPI to carb faq. I have the same brackets and all, but my TV cable seems to be about an inch to an inch and a half short of where it should hook onto the carb. Has anybody had this problem? I have the throttle return spring and bracket hooked up to the front drivers side intake manifold bolt. Is there an extention or something to make my kickdown cable reach? The cable is brand new because my old one walked away during the swap. Thanks for any help.
Matt

 

Matt

Did you readjust your TV cable once you installed it on the car? Its probably not too short and just needs to be adjusted.

To adjust the TV Cable skip the book method and do this: Press the 'D' shaped lock button on the adjuster and loosen the cable setting (The black housing that the metal cable is in will move forward). Now, have someone floor the gas pedal while you check to see if the throttle plate is open all the way. Usually they are off a little and will wiggle. Do whatever you have to do to get it open solid. Now, with the pedal still floored, press the 'D' button and pull the cable casing (the black tube) back as hard as you can (putting maximum tension on the metal cable) and release the button. You now have the engine, tranny and gas pedal all in sync at WOT. Mark the cable casing so if for some reason it gets moved you can know where to put it again. The problem with the 'self adjust method' is that it bends things and puts them permanently out of whack. It is also the full TV setting, which is theoretically what the GM method does.