Auto box kick downs,

 

Quick tip for guys with auto boxes that may seem to have lost there sparkle on kick down or seem to be a bit reluctant to select a lower gear when exiting an island around town etc.

 

The kick down and the lower gear selection is operated by a micro switch on the accelerator, the plate that activates this is very thin and easily bent, it seems of late I have come across many zeds with this plate bent down too low often as a result of cables from alarms etc. getting caught up between the two or if the drivers foot slips too high up the pedal.

 

The result is the kick down switch is only activated when the accelerator is mashed in to the carpet or in a couple of case not at all, takes two minutes with a torch to reposition (bend) it back in to place, in fact with a bit of testing you can pull it up slightly higher than normal which will give a quicker response around town.

 

Jeff TT

Interesting, Jeff

 

I'll take a look later :cool:

 

Richard :)

Thanks for that Jeff - I'm just enjoying the ALC2 at the moment :cool:

Skyline Dave, yes the ALC does make a big difference to the shift characteristics ?

 

Jeff TT

im gona av to stop coming on here, every time i do i find something else i got to do too me car. i'll look tomoz thanks

What's an ALC 2?

autobox line controller, increases line pressure in the box for quicker shifts, also changes the behaviour of the box.

this ACL2 then i take it that this is something of an extra then in what way doe's it change behavior of the box. for the better i no but how.

http://www.hksusa.com/categories/?id=1959

 

Danny did a GB on these a couple of months ago.

thanks for that dave. just checked out site n i think that mod will av to wait abit