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Topic Started: Wed 22 Aug 2007, 19:10:23 (67 Views)
Mart	Wed 22 Aug 2007, 19:10:23 Post #1
Moderator Posts: 3,464 Group: PE30 Members Member #343 Joined: 5-01-06	My car has allways had a really bad flat spot when pulling away from standing still even when warm. I can stall an automatic!!! Today I noticed the accelerater cable was about 12-15 mm slack but with no more adjustment avaliable. So I fixed it , and the response is :woohoo: compared to how it used to be. The gears change a bit earlier, and that "lag " has gone! There is also another cable linked in to all of this . Does this go to the auto box and if so guys, What the hell does this do ? Mart.
	Nice one Cloud


Daz	Wed 22 Aug 2007, 19:14:23 Post #2
Return Of The Jedi Posts: 7,454 Group: PE30 Members Member #2 Joined: 30-10-05	only other cable i know of that goes to the throttle body is for cruise control mart has your car got a 3rd stalk on the column??
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StuBeeDoo	Wed 22 Aug 2007, 19:19:18 Post #3
PE30 Senior Master Sergeant Posts: 3,404 Group: PE30 Members Member #15 Joined: 9-11-05 Location North East England - Tyneside to be precise	Mart, the second cable is the kick-down cable for the autobox. :skid:
	Grateful thanks to Cloud for the sigpic.


Daz	Wed 22 Aug 2007, 19:25:25 Post #4
Return Of The Jedi Posts: 7,454 Group: PE30 Members Member #2 Joined: 30-10-05	StuBeeDoo Aug 22 2007, 08:19 PM Mart, the second cable is the kick-down cable for the autobox. :skid: aaahhhhh good point stu forgot all about that :surrender: mart ignore me mate its been one of them weeks so far and im really not thinking straight at all today :crash:
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Mart	Wed 22 Aug 2007, 21:52:06 Post #5
Moderator Posts: 3,464 Group: PE30 Members Member #343 Joined: 5-01-06	Daz Aug 22 2007, 08:25 PM StuBeeDoo Aug 22 2007, 08:19 PM Mart, the second cable is the kick-down cable for the autobox. :skid: aaahhhhh good point stu forgot all about that :surrender: mart ignore me mate its been one of them weeks so far and im really not thinking straight at all today :crash: So guys, how is this all fitting together? This is late :LOL: :LOL: Mart.
	Nice one Cloud


Mart	Thu 23 Aug 2007, 15:23:16 Post #6
Moderator Posts: 3,464 Group: PE30 Members Member #343 Joined: 5-01-06	That made no sense at all! (on offer at my local shop, 8 tins of diamond white �5, so had to try it out :LOL: ) What I ment to say is, how does this cable work everything when you floor it. Mart. It dosent change gear any different than before, it was me not being used to the pedal being right!
	Nice one Cloud


StuBeeDoo	Thu 23 Aug 2007, 16:38:10 Post #7
PE30 Senior Master Sergeant Posts: 3,404 Group: PE30 Members Member #15 Joined: 9-11-05 Location North East England - Tyneside to be precise	What the kick-down does is shift the box down when you go to accelerate hard - ie overtaking. What's supposed to happen is..... (say) You're following a slower vehicle, You see a gap in the traffic coming the other way, You floor the gas pedal, 'Box shifts down one or maybe two gears, car accelerates harder. You overtake quicker. :skid: When you lift off because you're going as fast as you want, 'box upshifts again. You can get the same effect by using the stick to shift and hold a lower gear (but FFS don't over-rev it!). If the kick-down doesn't work as it should, the cable may need adjusting - or it's broke! If neither of those apply, the 'box is goosed. HTH Stuart.
	Grateful thanks to Cloud for the sigpic.


Mart	Thu 23 Aug 2007, 18:45:43 Post #8
Moderator Posts: 3,464 Group: PE30 Members Member #343 Joined: 5-01-06	StuBeeDoo Aug 23 2007, 05:38 PM What the kick-down does is shift the box down when you go to accelerate hard - ie overtaking. What's supposed to happen is..... (say) You're following a slower vehicle, You see a gap in the traffic coming the other way, You floor the gas pedal, 'Box shifts down one or maybe two gears, car accelerates harder. You overtake quicker. :skid: When you lift off because you're going as fast as you want, 'box upshifts again. You can get the same effect by using the stick to shift and hold a lower gear (but FFS don't over-rev it!). If the kick-down doesn't work as it should, the cable may need adjusting - or it's broke! If neither of those apply, the 'box is goosed. HTH Stuart. The kick down does work , and works well , but I dont really need to use it that much , but thanks all the same Stu. Mart.
	Nice one Cloud


StuBeeDoo	Thu 23 Aug 2007, 19:00:42 Post #9
PE30 Senior Master Sergeant Posts: 3,404 Group: PE30 Members Member #15 Joined: 9-11-05 Location North East England - Tyneside to be precise	Mart Aug 23 2007, 07:45 PM StuBeeDoo Aug 23 2007, 05:38 PM What the kick-down does is shift the box down when you go to accelerate hard - ie overtaking. What's supposed to happen is..... (say) You're following a slower vehicle, You see a gap in the traffic coming the other way, You floor the gas pedal, 'Box shifts down one or maybe two gears, car accelerates harder. You overtake quicker. :skid: When you lift off because you're going as fast as you want, 'box upshifts again. You can get the same effect by using the stick to shift and hold a lower gear (but FFS don't over-rev it!). If the kick-down doesn't work as it should, the cable may need adjusting - or it's broke! If neither of those apply, the 'box is goosed. HTH Stuart. The kick down does work , and works well , but I dont really need to use it that much , but thanks all the same Stu. Mart. Sorry Mart, wasn't quite sure what you were getting at above...... Quote: What I ment to say is, how does this cable work everything when you floor it.
	Grateful thanks to Cloud for the sigpic.


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