Originally Posted By elmor353
I always understood the service manuals to to say that your kickdown linkage should be pushed all the way back when your throttle was open all the way.


FSM never said that. Adjustment is made with the carb at curb idle and the trans lever full forward. From the pics I see that the slot in the top link isn't pulled up against the rear of the throttle stud...it should be, so that the linkage starts to move rearward with the slightest throttle opening.

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