Anyone that hasn't adjusted their Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

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crazycracka

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So I posted on here months ago about my Transmission acting weird. In 1-2 selection it would stay in first and not shift to 2nd. In 3 selection it would shift into 4th gear instead of stopping at 3rd. In OD it would shift into OD at like 35 and would have to almost floor it to get it out of OD.

Anyways I never got any clear answers on why it would do that. I did some searching and came across a posting on adjusting the TV Cable(Throttle Valve). So today opened the hood took 2 seconds and it was done. Drove it around the block and WOW night and day. 1-2 works 3 works and it doesn't stay in OD. Push on the pedal just a little and it smoothly shifts down.

So anyone that hasn't checked/adjusted the cable or anyone that is having weird tranny problems Adjust that cable first.

How to from Alldata:

1. Shift transmission into Park, shut engine off and raise hood.

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2. Press cable release button.


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3.Push cable conduit back into cable sheath as far as possible.
4.Rotate lever on throttle body to wide open throttle position. Cable will ratchet to correct adjustment point as lever is rotated.
Super easy and worth checking. Sorry if this is in the wrong area.
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

interesting... i will have to try it out, since i drop to OD at 40 with 4.56's on 33's. t


thanks!!!
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

ooh! i'm gonna go try that! mine stays in overdrive, then i hafta floor it to get it to downshift to make it up hills. i bet this will fix it! what year is your jeep?
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

This was done on my 1990 4.0.. hope this helps others too. Was something I never thought of and took a lot of reading to accidentally run into it, lol.
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

Wel.. the 1-2 shift is computer controlled and does nto usually engage til something like 45-4800 rpm.
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

I just ran out and did this on my 88' and wow what a differance! Thanks for the info.:cheers:
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

Johnnie Walker said:
Wel.. the 1-2 shift is computer controlled and does nto usually engage til something like 45-4800 rpm.
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That what i was told months ago, so I tryed revving it out a few times and still no shift. Now it shifts into second just like it normally would.

Some may not have as good of results as I did as mine was about a half inch out of adjustment.
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

ha! it made quite a difference on mine as well! i had problems going up hills, to where i had to floor it to make it down shift, and now, i just barely hit the gas, and it acts how i want it to. good stuff! thanks for posting this!
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

thechief86 said:
ha! it made quite a difference on mine as well! i had problems going up hills, to where i had to floor it to make it down shift, and now, i just barely hit the gas, and it acts how i want it to. good stuff! thanks for posting this!
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No Problem. Just my first attempt at helping rather than being helped on this forum..:lecture:
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

dude! this was nice!!! i just did it, and it took all the slack out of my pedal and made everything smoother. it was out of adjustment by probably3/8 inch.

definatly a helpful post
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

b16a90teg said:
Did you do this on a 99?
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sure did! it may be a 99, but i have over 250k on the thing.
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

So are you suppose to hold the release button down while opening the throttle ?

Or release the release button after you move the conduit back in the sleeve and then rotate the throttle to wide open
If this is the case my cable only makes one ratchet sound and stops, throttle does not go to wide open but stops at half throttle
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

Hylander said:
release the release button after you move the conduit back in the sleeve and then rotate the throttle to wide open
If this is the case my throttle does not go to wide open but stops at half throttle
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this^

it was stiff on mine too. you may want to shoot some lube in it, i just pushed hard on the throttle and it went.
 
Re: Anyone that hasn't adjusted there Throttle Valve cable do it. WOW.

What i did was push the release button and pull the cable from the engine side and it slides back. Then release the button and open the throttle. Should here a little click at WOT and your done.
 
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