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Tater Salad (10/9/2018)
Thanks Sandbird,
The kickdown linkage seemed right to me. (moved as the throttle linkage moved)
But I'm now having regrets about taking it out and not fully investigating all external factors. (shifter included)
The car had sat for so long my knee jerk reaction was to remove it and rebuild it. But I'll make sure those things are correct when it goes back in.
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It is unfortunate that You didn't as ask some Questions before pulling it. The Transmission Pressure Rod that goes down to the Transmission and moves with the Throttle has to be adjusted to correct Length or it may not shift into High (third). This will occur if the Rod is too long . Pretty simple adjustment to make from above with the Transmission installed. In the Transmission Manual there are checks and Adjustments to do before moving on to the Tests involving Air Pressure etc. One of them is setting up the Accelerator Linkage and adjusting the aforementioned TPS.