OVER THE WEEKEND I PUT A B&M SHIFT KIT IN MY 700R4 WHILE I WAS INSTALLING THE KIT I DID NOT SEE THE LARGER CHECK BALL THAT IS DESCRIBED AS POSITION "A" WHICH IS THE BALL THAT THE THROTTLE VALVE LINKAGE ASSEMBLY PUSHES .... IM NOT SURE IF I LOST THE BALL OR IF IT WASNT INCLUDED BUT MY MANUAL SHOWS IT IS.AFTER DRIVING I LIKE THE RESULTS AMD IT WORKS GOOD, BUT I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BALL, SHOULD IT BE IN THERE OR IS IT NOT THERE IN SOME MODELS...THNAKS FOR ANY HELP


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Red 87'Z-28 350 tpi
700r4 w/b&m shift cor. servo

It is not there on some models...

I don't have my book with me at work, but I can try to find out later...

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Sportsman II 72 CC heads, Pete Jackson gear drive, Performance Resources chip, Edelbrock 1 5/8" headers and Edelbrock cat back exhaust, hi-flow cats, Trans-go stage 3 shift kit, Vigilante 9.5" 2800 stall convertor, SLP cold air induction, SLP roller camshaft, 24lb ADS injectors, AFPR, 3.45 rear end gears, and other goodies...

http://members.aol.com/jwnolte/raven.htm

Is that the TV exhaust ball? I forget...


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-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l) from http://www.f-body.net/mailbag/3rd/3rd_mailbag.html message boards

I just bought a B&M Shift Improver Kit and was looking over the directions. Turns out in '87 they made some trannys with and some without an auxiliary valve body but both use a "copper flashed ball larger than other check *****" in the A position. Only the '84.5 and earlier models had nothing in this position. I'm going to put my kit in this weekend so I haven't physically checked this out.

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'91 Firebird
305/TBI/700R4/T-tops
Catco high flow cat
Taylor 8mm Spiro-Pro's
ACDelco Rapidfire Plugs
K&N Air Filter
Trans Am tail light conversion
Pioneer DEH-P8200R
Pioneer 6x9's
Kenwood 8" Tube

'87 Firebird
2.8L/MPFI/700R4/220K Miles on its original, never been rebuilt engine!
Car being parted and sold, just ask what I have.

my tranny has the aux valve body ....and it is a 87 im not sure what month it falls under. but if it was intended to be there wouldnt it be acting up or not shifting at all, so far it is working great, and another note is i had the tranny built and the guy did some mods that im not aware of ...would that have anything to do with it ?