kick down wire on tranz

[basic.green]

i have a commodore tranz i putting in the fb has one already and putting in one thats beefed up a bit. was talking to tranz bloke and i asked what the wire was for he said kick down?? so i have had no kick down all this time. what do you blokes do with the wire how do you hook it up or just leave of
any help would be great

[DOLLER.]

TH350, 400 or 700?
Check this out champ, should help

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... ilit=th700

[basic.green]

thanks yea sorry just a 3 speed 6 bangeri thought it worked of vac but tranz bloke said no works of wire. it will kick down 60ks and under any thing over that and you have to do manually. i have b@m shiftier so can do manually if need be but just thinking what other people have done

[DOLLER.]

Off the carby.

[Harv]

Sounds like a traumatic.

The turbo boxes (or at least the Conformadore TH350) have a "wire" for the detent (kickdown), but it is more like "coathanger wire" (mechanical) than "electrical wire". Pull the wire, and the car drops a gear. The wire is connected by a Bowden cable to a sliding linkage on the carb - only pulls on the cable as the throttle approaches WOT.

The traumatics have an electrical switch on the accelerator pedal which drives a solenoid valve. The solenoid does the kicking down.

I can remember being told that running without a detent is not good for the longetivity of the gearbox, but I can't find where I read it.

Cheers,
Harv

[basic.green]

hi yea i have bean told that i need to put a switch under the peddle to make it work. it has a solenoid in gear box
i have not seen this come up before just thinking that people wood have these gear boxes in these cars and what they have done

[DOLLER.]

Ahh ok guys, I only know 400's and 700's.
Interesting though!

[Dr Terry]

Yes, Tri-Matics (except HG/LC) have a solenoid kickdown, just like the TH400. They are triggered by a switch near the accelerator pedal.

TH350, TH700 & HG/LC Tri-Matic have a cable kickdown, operated by the carby linkage.

The electronic TH700 (real name 4L60-E) has all shifting operated by the engine ECU.

Dr Terry