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727 wont shift out of 1st #1067918 09/02/11 10:45 PM 09/02/11 10:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,273 Minneapolis, MN M moparguy OP pro stock
moparguy OP pro stock M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,273 Minneapolis, MN	I just got my car put back together after I had it sitting entirely too long. The transmission was rebuilt then sat for about 3 years or so. Now I have put all new fluid in it, and it will not shift out of 1st gear. Even manually I cannot make it shift. I'm thinking that the governor may have varnished up? Does anybody have any ideas how to check/repair this, preferably without taking out the valve body if at all possible. Thanks! Russ

Re: 727 wont shift out of 1st [Re: moparguy] #1067919 09/02/11 11:32 PM 09/02/11 11:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,996 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,996 Grand Prairie,Texas	How is the kickdown set up?

Re: 727 wont shift out of 1st [Re: stumpy] #1067920 09/02/11 11:36 PM 09/02/11 11:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,273 Minneapolis, MN M moparguy OP pro stock
moparguy OP pro stock M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,273 Minneapolis, MN	its a lokar kickdown cable setup, and I believe it is set up correctly, hard to tell with the incredibly terrible instructions received with it though.

Re: 727 wont shift out of 1st [Re: moparguy] #1067921 09/03/11 12:09 AM 09/03/11 12:09 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,996 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,996 Grand Prairie,Texas	Eaiest way is to have the trans lever all the way back at full throttle.Then slack it off until you are happy with the shift points. I've had no trouble at all following lokars instructions.

Re: 727 wont shift out of 1st [Re: moparguy] #1067922 09/03/11 01:06 AM 09/03/11 01:06 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,502 Florida STAYcation dOc … The village idiot's idiot
dOc … The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,502 Florida STAYcation	Quote: its a lokar kickdown cable setup, and I believe it is set up correctly, hard to tell with the incredibly terrible instructions received with it though. QUICK suggestion ... disconnect it from the trans lever .. tie it back half way and try a quick 1/3 or 1/2 throttle shot.

Re: 727 wont shift out of 1st [Re: moparguy] #1067923 09/03/11 10:49 AM 09/03/11 10:49 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,102 A Banana Republic near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,102 A Banana Republic near you.	Quote: its a lokar kickdown cable setup, and I believe it is set up correctly, hard to tell with the incredibly terrible instructions received with it though. If you just set it up by the incredibly terrible instructions and you didn't end up doing any modifications to the attachment point of the cable at the trans end then it is anything BUT set up correctly . To figure out if the lokar is the issue disconnect it at the trans end and go for a short easy drive, if it shifts you have found the problem.

Re: 727 wont shift out of 1st [Re: moparguy] #1067924 09/03/11 06:54 PM 09/03/11 06:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,011 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,011 Rio Linda, CA	Quote: its a lokar kickdown cable setup, and I believe it is set up correctly, hard to tell with the incredibly terrible instructions received with it though. Welcome to the not-very-exclusive club of Lokar victims.....adjusting the cable so that the lever is full back at WOT is the best way to guarantee late or no light throttle upshifts. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

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