Kickdown cable

[shawn.towne.359]

Please no answers to make me feel dumb.Can I bypass it and manually shift it down? It's on an 87 k-10

 

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[ifixedit]

Do you want to by-pass it because it's no functioning properly or is there another reason? I believe on that year it is electronically controlled so it might cause other shifting issues (early shifts most likely) if you by-pass it. You can of course by-pass it by just manually down shifting and that won't hurt anything.

[grampadirt]

Keep in mind the kickdown cable controls shift points & line pressure,do not remove it from the trans.

[ifixedit]

Keep in mind the kickdown cable controls shift points & line pressure,do not remove it from the trans.

 

Good point, I'd be inclined to leave it alone or address the shifting issue if there is one. As grampadirt points out, there is the line pressure part of it as well and on the electronically controlled transmissions, this part is critical to being properly controlled or you chance ruining the trans.