what is a t cable i was looking throught tomps tuneup and it mentions tv cable ??? something to do with the tranny ???

 

The tv cable adjusts the shift on your tranny. It connects to the side of your throttle body.

 

Its also called a detent cable. I apparently cant upload any pics cuz I am on probation. However, do a search for "cable" and scroll down till you see a thread with a pic in it and you should find it. I know the Trickster has one. You could pm him for it.

 

The TV (throttle valve) cable controls the shift points in the transmission while you are driving. Here is the picture of it.

 

page 2

 

how do you see if the cable is right and reset it ????

thanks trickster and captpicardsz28 :hail:

 

You can check for cracks or breaks etc. in the cable. There is a tech article on how to adjust the cable on the home page. Check it out...

 

it hooks to your TV.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Trickster
[B]The TV (throttle valve) cable controls the shift points in the transmission while you are driving. Here is the picture of it.


Trickster:

Do you have any pics of a V8 setup on the cable? My cable runs along side the tranny on the drivers side which is different than the V6 setup. I would like to save it. :yourock:

 

Do you need the carb or TPI or both? Also, which transmission do you have?

 

where on the home page is the artical

 

hahah gumby that was pretty funny

 

Hello Camarors8992,

To adjust the cable, look at picture #2 that I posted above. Take the re-adjust tab (832) and push it in, it is hard so use a screw driver to do it. while you have it pushed in, take the cable (826) and pull it in the direction of "B" in the picture. release the re-adjust tab (832) and have some one press the gas pedal all the way to the floor slowly. You will hear a ratcheting sound as it does, this is the cable being adjusted and nothing to be alarmed over. Save that for if you didn't hear it. Release the gas pedal and it is done.

P.S> You must repeat this process each time you disconnect the TV cable from the throttle body.

 

Yup its so you can get cable

 

trickster
is that how to reset it or how to ajust it and what is it ajusting ..??
shift points ??

 

i need to reset it cause i just had the intake manifold off today and i disconnected everything so i know it needs to be ajusted or whatever

 

adjusting and re-setting is the same thing on this. This picture can explain it faster than me typing it.

 

i know what the tv cable is now, i know how to find out if your tv cable needs to be ajusted but i dont understand how i mean i looked at tricksters pictures but they did not help i need some simpler directions....?

 

so you have to take everything F****** apart to ajust it
i though that you did all those ajustments from right under the hood... with the cable that connects to the throttle body not to the shifter and the transmition...i dont even know if mine needs to be ajusted i just know that i was trying to do tomps tuneup and it said reset tv cable and i had the intake manifold and the throttle body off the rest of the motor today to change a gasket and it has to be reset everytime it is taken off.. so i would think it needs to be reset how can you tell if it does...do you have someone floor the gas pedal when the engine is off and look into the throttle body and see if the valve can open any more than it is and if i can than it needs to be ajusted ?????? I hate this kind of stuff everything eles has been simple but im stuck

 

i dont have a carb. i have a 3.1 v6 fuel injected

 

im only 14 well 15 in july im new to all of this ive had my camaro since august and im trying to get it ready for when i can drive, so when you are naming all these parts in your instructions i really dont know what the hell you are talking about so if you could simpify it at all i would really appreciate it

 

The Carb question was directed at CaptainPicardsZ28 in response to his request. There is nothing that you have to take apart and the pictures in my first post are for your 3.1 v6 fuel injected engine. And you can do all those steps from under the hood by yourself if you like. Instead of having some push the gas pedal, you can manually open the throttle plate to wide open while you are standing next to it and no you do not have to look in the throttle body to make sure it is wide open. I think you can feel when the throttle hits wide open. The last picture I posted was in response to your post about what it is adjusting. The pictures and instructions can't be any simpler than they are. If you are confused about the direction "B" in that picture is pointing, it is toward the firewall at the back of the engine bay. That is why I try to include pictures in my posts for items like this. It makes it simpler to understand if you can see a picture with items labeled.

 

thanks man that really helped me out alot i now understand it alothough i dont think it needs ajustmen cause with the peddle floored the valve is all the way

 

It's not the throttle body that you are adjusting, it is the throttle valve exhaust valve inside the transmission case that is being adjusted. Look in the first picture I posted at item #829 where the cable goes into the tranny case, that is what is being adjusted and being inside the tranny case I don't think you can see if it is adjusted or not. Think of this, if that cable is not adjusted correctly, your car will run lousy and shift gears even worse.
Here is a link to the tech article on this board that has an actual picture of a v6 fuel injected engine. Don't worry that it is a 2.8l engine, it is the same design as yours just .3 liters smaller.

https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/tech/detent.shtml

 

Maybe you could post the tech article with the pic for him on the main page? I cant upload pics otherwise I would do it for him. I was looking for the tpi tv cable pic. I have the 700R4 as well.

 

Here you go Captain, it hooks to the tranny case in the same location as his on the 700R4 transmission.

 

Hmmm. I thought mine hooked on the drivers side. I'll have to look again.