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TV cable adjustment question....

I spent about 30 minutes this morning trying to get my TV cable adjustment.I did a search here and found the info about setting at the MAX,the MIN,then find the middle and start out a hair above the middle,etc.ANYWAY,after all of the trial and error,I ended up having to set it at the very minumum to get it to shift the best that I can get to shift.I have an appointment next saturday at the tranny shop to get my performance valvebody installed and everything adjusted,but that's in a week.For now,I need a decent shifting tranny without frying.Is it normal for the tranny to be set at the minumum position on the TV cable?My cable has the little snap on plastic clip,not the peg that snaps up into the hole on the cable lever.Car's description below.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #1 –
1)  Is there any play in the cable?  It should feel that there is uniform tension in it if you move the throttle body by hand from closed to wide open.

2)  If your in OD @ 50 MPH and cruising along, if you put the pedal to the floor you should grab 2nd gear.  With 3.55's I'd adjust so it grabs 2nd from 55......
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #2 –
Well,I haven't floored it at all since I did the adjustment.It seems to be shifting smooth and well.I'll check the "OD to second" thing in the morning.The cable isn't loose,but it's not tight either.I tried that cable in about 15 different spots,and it does best in the setting it's in.If it'll operate well til Saturday of next week,I'm having the tranny worked on a little and he can set it how he thinks it should be.I hate messing with these cables.I need a 5 speed the more I think about it.If I had the funds,I would do the swap.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #3 –
As long as there is tension you're OK.  Again, it should be uniform......When you get a chance check underneath and make sure your bracket that the cable runs to on the drivers side of the trans isn't hung up on anything.  I had that happen once about a year ago.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #4 –
10-4,and thanks.By the way,has the package showed up yet?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #5 –
Vinnie I've adjusted mine like that and it's all the way at the MAX setting to get it to shift the way I want it. With 3.73 gears it shifts at full throttle:
1-2 @ 40 mph
2-3 @ 60 mph
3-2 kick down at 50 mph or less
4-2 kick down at 55 mph or less (for a split second). Above 55 mph it just kicks down to 3.
At full throttle from a stop trans upshifts @ 5,000 rpms.

Hope this helps:D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #6 –
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At full throttle from a stop trans upshifts @ 5,000 rpms.


When you gonna install a shift kit and Hi-rev governor so you can take advantage of the power up high that cam gives you?:D

Ah yes Vin, the package came!  Thanks again!;)
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #7 –
Paul do I recall you started a tread a while ago of a video on how to set the TV cable.

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #8 –
It was a link to a video on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3hNzxdiYw
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #9 –
Quote from: V8Demon;183899
When you gonna install a shift kit and Hi-rev governor so you can take advantage of the power up high that cam gives you?:D


When I have some extra money to do other stuff to the trans at the same time:hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.
 

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #10 –
My shift kit and new valvebody is supposed to go in Saturday morning.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #11 –
Oh,I watched the Youtube video,and my TV cable is different.It has the clip that fits on the peg on the bottom of the lever.Aerobird (Mike) is sending me the standard kind of TV cable.Hopefully it'll get here before Saturday.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #12 –
Okay, is there a "performance" setting? The reason I ask is because when I take off from a stop light my cougar shifts into second before I'm even going 10-15 mph. This really bogs the car down. When I drive the car at times I end up doing the "1st,2nd upshift shuffle" with the shifter manually.
Only in America do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well: "POLI" in latin meaning "many", "TICS" meaning "bloodsucking creatures".

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Reply #13 –
Quote from: mechanized;184780
Okay, is there a "performance" setting? The reason I ask is because when I take off from a stop light my cougar shifts into second before I'm even going 10-15 mph. This really bogs the car down. When I drive the car at times I end up doing the "1st,2nd upshift shuffle" with the shifter manually.


Yes; after you set it tighten it a little more not to much or the car wont shift at all, I heard of guys tighten it a hole lot but that’s for the track and I also recommend a shift kit

TV cable adjustment question....

Reply #14 –
For me,it doesn't matter right now.After work today (this morning),I'm taking the car to the tranny guy and he's installing my new valvebody and adjusting the cable for me.I really don't want to take any chances with it.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..