1984 Trans AM. Does the tv cable have anything to do with the trans kickdown to a lower gear when wanting to say pass a slower vehicle?
When i got the car, as an example, proceeding from a stop at a red light to green, trans would be in 3rd gear by time reached the other side of the intersection
Mt tv cable is adjusted so that it does not shift from 1-2-3 way too soon. At acceleration, I can get a hard shift into 2nd gear like a shift kit in a TH350.
Now, I have to back way off the throttle before it will kick down
Ideas?

 

Yes of course. The transmission has exactly two "eyes" that it can look at the world with: the governor, which tells it how fast the vehicle is moving; and the TV cable, which tells it what the driver is trying to do at the moment. No idea why GM dropped the almost infallible vacuum modulator arrangement to transmit engine load information, and went backwards to the grossly inferior mechanical setup, butt w/e, It Is What It Is, no matter how stuuuuupid. We out here in goober land just have to make the best of a raw deal.

There's no such thing as "adjust" a 700 TV cable. Only SET. It has exactly ONE place that's right; all other possible places are ... not.

Sounds like yours is in the "not" category.

Stop "adjusting" it and instead, SET it where it belongs, and see if it works any better.