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On 17 Nov 2005 at 16:02, Robert Dexter wrote: > On my 72 squareback with auto transmission, I see a > micro switch that sits in front of the throttle plate. > It looks like the switch would be closed if the > throttle was wide open. If I move the throttle by hand > (while the engine is off), it does not reach the > switch. That's the kickdown switch for the AT. When you give it full throttle that will cause the AT to downshift unless your speed is too high to allow it. It should be adjusted so that it gets tripped at full throttle, but can't be broken. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~