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Re: [T3] Confused About Kick Down Switch


Don't know if this is your issue or not...

I was pretty confused about this as until I took the
mechanism off to look at it. If it's installed
correctly, it looks as though it would NEVER touch the
kickdown switch. Almost like the flange that makes
contact with the switch would never reach. If you
notice though, you can push a LOT harder on it and
there's another spring that kicks in that allows the
flange (with a lot more effort) to make contact with
the switch and click it over.

Looking at mine, and moving the throttle from the
engine compartment, it looked like it must've been
installed improperly, but it was actually correct. If
you have it set so that it throttles pretty smoothly
and then just at the end of travel hits the switch,
that's wrong...

Just a thought, that could be what's going on...
 
--- Gary Gamboa <gary_gamboa@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just installed a new KDS and now my car kicks down
> at the slightest
> accelleration. When I disconnect the two wires
> running to it, I
> no KD at all during normal driving. Then I was
> driving up an
> incline on-ramp and it kicked down. Huh? Does the AT
> have a backup
> KD?

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