Wrong tv cable???

[Matt69olds]

Greetings. I finally had a reason to swap the 700 into my 455 olds powered 81 GMC. I built the 350c not long after I did the 455 swap, I finally killed it. I built the 700 a few years ago in anticipation of this day.

The trans supposedly came from a 91 caprice 9C1 cop car. It definitely is a high performance trans, it has the oil baffle on the planetary gearset. I built it with the typical upgrades.

My issue: the TV cable is too long. I have the cable adjustment maxed out, the cable is loose. When wide open, I still have /2-3/4 inch of slop.

Im wondering, we’re the 91 cars TBI? And if so, are the tv cables different?? This one does appear longer than what I recall seeing.

For those in readerland who have done 700 steps, what tv cable did you use?

I used a throttle cable bracket from a g body car equipped with an overdrive trans. I transferred the throttle arm from a CCC Q-Jet onto my earlier Q-Jet carb. Basically, I have duplicated the factory tv cable system.

 

[Ricko1966]

I'd think you could just push the plastic end that clips on the carbureator where you need it abd put a cable trunion ahead of the plastic piece so it can't slide back up,you can also put a compression spring between the plastic end piece and the cable trunion for more cable tension.

 

[bucket]

I'd think you could just push the plastic end that clips on the carbureator where you need it abd put a cable trunion ahead of the plastic piece so it can't slide back up,you can also put a compression spring between the plastic end piece and the cable trunion for more cable tension.

I've seen fishing line weights crimped onto the cable before, that seemed to work well.

 

[bucket]

Greetings. I finally had a reason to swap the 700 into my 455 olds powered 81 GMC. I built the 350c not long after I did the 455 swap, I finally killed it. I built the 700 a few years ago in anticipation of this day.

The trans supposedly came from a 91 caprice 9C1 cop car. It definitely is a high performance trans, it has the oil baffle on the planetary gearset. I built it with the typical upgrades.

My issue: the TV cable is too long. I have the cable adjustment maxed out, the cable is loose. When wide open, I still have /2-3/4 inch of slop.

Im wondering, we’re the 91 cars TBI? And if so, are the tv cables different?? This one does appear longer than what I recall seeing.

For those in readerland who have done 700 steps, what tv cable did you use?

I used a throttle cable bracket from a g body car equipped with an overdrive trans. I transferred the throttle arm from a CCC Q-Jet onto my earlier Q-Jet carb. Basically, I have duplicated the factory tv cable system.

That G-body likely used a 2004r, so that might be the difference.

I know the early Crossfire/700r4 cars used a tv cable that had a different length on the end. I thought all the others interchanged though.