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Started by Sandeagle, October 08, 2015, 09:30:34 AM

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Sandeagle

October 08, 2015, 09:30:34 AM
How does the linkage come off the trans. Can't see anything but a little plastic clip. Does it just pop out with a good tap?

eaglebeek

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October 08, 2015, 09:44:17 AM
The linkage fits into a plastic bushing that's inserted in the transmission lever. I have a tool that appears to have been made by cutting a fork shape into the blade of an old flat screwdriver. I insert the tool so the "tines" slip in on either side of the linkage rod and then twist it to pop the rod out. :eagle:
1984 Eagle Wagon, 258, auto, 2.73 gears, daily driver
1983 Eagle Limited Wagon, parts; sold
2000 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0, auto
2007 Hyundai Accent, radical downsize from minivan, wife's car and she loves it!

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."--John W. Gardner, in "Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?" (1961)

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Sandeagle

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October 08, 2015, 10:43:01 AM
Thank you. I didn't have that tool but I did have a pair of needle nose pliers,push twist,pop. I love this site!

Sandeagle

#3
October 09, 2015, 11:40:11 AM
Now that that is in I am shifting 1st to 2nd at 20-25 mph and 2nd to 3rd at 40-45 mph. Good solid shifts. Almost feels like a shift kit in a turbo 350 Chevy with the upgraded shift spring. Does that sound right?

eaglebeek

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October 09, 2015, 01:52:05 PM
Your shift points seem to be comparable to what I'm getting out of mine with its 2.73 differential gears. I haven't been into a TH350 to compare but my transmission also shifts firmly; certainly more so since I rebuilt it last summer. :eagle:
1984 Eagle Wagon, 258, auto, 2.73 gears, daily driver
1983 Eagle Limited Wagon, parts; sold
2000 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0, auto
2007 Hyundai Accent, radical downsize from minivan, wife's car and she loves it!

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."--John W. Gardner, in "Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?" (1961)

Air-conditioning is so cool!

carnuck

#5
November 01, 2015, 02:34:34 PM
I prefer the firmer shifts for trans longevity.
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