TV cable seems to be unadjustable
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From: Bay Area, Ca
Car: 1995
Engine: 5.7
Transmission: T-56
TV cable seems to be unadjustable
my TV cable seems to be an unadjustable model. it doesn't have anything that i can move. it looks as if it is just pressed in the square hole. there is nothing to move. i will post a pic once i figure out how.
push the button in hard sometimes they stick and then push the tv cable back into the sensor. reconnect your tv cable to the throttle arm and then turn the butterflies until they are wide open, make sure you hit the stop. if you dont hear the tv clicking out then you arent trying hard enough basicly. you dont want it super tight or the tranny will never shift. i actually set mine 1 click short of the throttle stop for now until i get a shift kit since with it adjusted fully out where it should be i end up with a slushy trans.
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From: Tucson - MdFormula350 = Post uberWhore
Car: Sexy
Engine: Stock
Transmission: Slipping
On my car, the button for TV adjustment is black with two silver metal pieces in it. I have to press it hard enough to turn my thumb white to get it to adjust as well.
I had mine adjusted 5 clicks to the firewall until I installed a shift improver, now I keep it where the butterflys open all the way.
Hope this helped.
I had mine adjusted 5 clicks to the firewall until I installed a shift improver, now I keep it where the butterflys open all the way.
Hope this helped.
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.
Transfixleo...
How exactly do ya loosen the cable?
Which cable is it?
OK I'm guessing trying to move it straight (horizontal) with my fingers right?
Wait, wait, I am already holding the D button, now I have to press it again? When did I release it??
Pull which cable casing? What do you mean by pull, towards the headlights or towards the windshield?
Which cable casing do I mark?
What is the self adjust method, your way or the book way?
--Sorry for the break down transfixleo, but words are tough to understand without pictures. Could you post some pictures of what you're talkin about. Thanks.
---I'm gonna make a new post for this so check it out there...
Originally posted by transfixleo
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).
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).
Which cable is it?
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.
Pull which cable casing? What do you mean by pull, towards the headlights or towards the windshield?
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.
What is the self adjust method, your way or the book way?
--Sorry for the break down transfixleo, but words are tough to understand without pictures. Could you post some pictures of what you're talkin about. Thanks.
---I'm gonna make a new post for this so check it out there...
Last edited by ChevyLuva3; Feb 2, 2002 at 09:16 PM.
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