Well, I found myself under the truck today so I did some looking.

With the KD linkage all the way back at the carb, the lever at the transmission still has 1/2"+ of travel left in it. I can PUSH HARD on it at the carb and take up most of that last 1/2".

I'm guessing that last half inch is where full throttle kickdown would be engaged?

Moving the lever at the transmission against the stops felt pretty firm, so I don't think it's broken inside.

The linkage itself has some slop in it, so I'm sure that doesn't help any Probably time to start looking at cable prices.

-Dave

If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.