Well you can find the cable on the passenger side of the throttle body. It
will run from the TB back and down to the tranny. There is a square plastic
thing the cable runs through (right at the TB end of it). If you push in on
this piece you will see that it is actually a sort of button. Push it in
and you can slide the cable back and forth. It usually clicks as you move
it but mine sometimes doesn't, just have to have the right ammount of
pressure on the button i gues... Try moving it a few clicks to the rear.
Drive around and see if it made any difference. If it makes it worse, try
the other way. You might want to mark the cable before you play with it so
you will be able to put it back where you started from. Also -- this just
occured to me -- check and make sure the cable is intact and not broken or
disconnected. I drove mine with it disconnected once and it kinda acted
like yours is doing.
But definately change that fluid and filter.... ;-)
---Mike, near Houston.---
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Trottmann <rotrottmann@davidson.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: OD Problems....help!
>
>
>Michael Clark wrote:
>
>> I think you need to change that fluid there Robert!
>>
>
>Yeah....I guess 60,000 miles overdue is enough :-)
>
>>
>> I don't really know, but I supposed a clogged filter could cause your
>> troubles. did it start this all of a sudden or was it gradual?
>>
>
>Definately gradual.
>
>>
>> Also check your kickdown cable. It's also called a TV cable.... If this
has
>> slipped out of adjustment it will cause weird shifting like this.
>>
>
>How would I do that?
>
>>
>> ---Mike, near Houston.---
>> My sig file=====> http://web.wt.net/~mclark/signature.txt
>> My Dakota page==> http://web.wt.net/~mclark/dakota.html
>> Dakota Webring==> http://web.wt.net/~mclark/webring/ring.html
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Robert Trottmann <rotrottmann@davidson.edu>
>> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 8:27 PM
>> Subject: DML: OD Problems....help!
>>
>> I bought my
>> >truck with 31,000 miles on it, from a respected (by me and my family)
>> >dealer. It now has 83XXX miles on it. I have never servied the
>> >Tranny. So IF the fluid was changed by the dealer or previous owner,
>> >it's been over 50,000 miles, if it wasn't changed then, it's been
>> >83,000miles+. The fluid is dark red, and I'm planning on changing it
>> >and the filter this weekend.
>
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