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I have a 85 caprice 305 V8
someone installed a Edelbrock carb...
the TV cable is loose
i dunno if that's why when I put it in drive
then press the gas ..
my car won't move and revs up high
then when I ease off the gas it moves
I think my car has the 700r trans
I don't know if that's the right TV cable and throttle cable bracket for the Edelbrock
if u know anything about these carbs and what my problem maybe plz feel free to reply
I've posted a pic of the TV cable and bracket
thank you/god bless
I believe that Edelbrock sells the TV cable fittings as an
accessory.
I don't think that a bad TV cable tension or draw-per-angle
should cause anything more than line pressure and load-
dependent shiftpoint to be off from "ideal".
Not moving at all indicates no line pressure at high pedal.
That's whack.
I think you may want to find 700R4 specific diacgnostics and
setup info. From what I recall (vaguely) the deal is to snug
the cable adjust, with full pedal (throttle angle, these two
ought to coincide, but I've had modern cable-throttle cars
that do not reach full open angle, matted. Sometimes it's
the mats. Sometimes, the adjuster. Sometimes the adjuster
has not enough range (on my Camaro, I had to pull the pedal
and bend it in a vise to get full draw).
Supposedly you can lunch a 700 or 200 trans by mis-setting
the TV cable. I do not know exactly what mechanism, but
-if- excess or short TV can lose you line completely, there's
a place short of that where you will have line so low that the
frictions can't hold and get glazed up.
So I'd first find correct hardware (or, find a Q-jet / 700 combo,
measure shaft-to-linkage radius and cobble your own), then
a credible TV cable setup howto.
Just an aside, did you check and do you believe trans fluid
level? I had a converter swap done once and they sent me home
8 quarts short. 8 freakin' quarts. Guess they didn't bother to fill
the converter before install or bother to check levels. That was
kind of slippy. For that matter just go ahead and change the filter
(and make sure the pickup is right for the case / pan, there may
be trouble if you have a deep pan like truck and a short dipstick
like car. Had a trans shop claim they rebuilt my van 4L60E, but
turned out they -swapped- a car trans (so, lacking the inner seal-
boot-tube that trucks and vans have so the driveshaft doesn't
pump air in during a lot of jounce, it contantly spooged tranny
juice out the slip-yoke) - supposed "experienced" tech blamed
the yoke.
New car could have any kind of fubar swappage and maybe that
is why it's now yours.
I believe that Edelbrock sells the TV cable fittings as an
accessory.
I don't think that a bad TV cable tension or draw-per-angle
should cause anything more than line pressure and load-
dependent shiftpoint to be off from "ideal".
Not moving at all indicates no line pressure at high pedal.
That's whack.
I think you may want to find 700R4 specific diacgnostics and
setup info. From what I recall (vaguely) the deal is to snug
the cable adjust, with full pedal (throttle angle, these two
ought to coincide, but I've had modern cable-throttle cars
that do not reach full open angle, matted. Sometimes it's
the mats. Sometimes, the adjuster. Sometimes the adjuster
has not enough range (on my Camaro, I had to pull the pedal
and bend it in a vise to get full draw).
Supposedly you can lunch a 700 or 200 trans by mis-setting
the TV cable. I do not know exactly what mechanism, but
-if- excess or short TV can lose you line completely, there's
a place short of that where you will have line so low that the
frictions can't hold and get glazed up.
So I'd first find correct hardware (or, find a Q-jet / 700 combo,
measure shaft-to-linkage radius and cobble your own), then
a credible TV cable setup howto.
Just an aside, did you check and do you believe trans fluid
level? I had a converter swap done once and they sent me home
8 quarts short. 8 freakin' quarts. Guess they didn't bother to fill
the converter before install or bother to check levels. That was
kind of slippy. For that matter just go ahead and change the filter
(and make sure the pickup is right for the case / pan, there may
be trouble if you have a deep pan like truck and a short dipstick
like car. Had a trans shop claim they rebuilt my van 4L60E, but
turned out they -swapped- a car trans (so, lacking the inner seal-
boot-tube that trucks and vans have so the driveshaft doesn't
pump air in during a lot of jounce, it contantly spooged tranny
juice out the slip-yoke) - supposed "experienced" tech blamed
the yoke.
New car could have any kind of fubar swappage and maybe that
is why it's now yours.
the guy at the exhaust shop where I had the car towed
pointed out that the TV cable was real loose
And it wasn't suppose to be...
when I got in the car to drive home
mind you my first time ever driving the car
the first gear was slipping..
it'll rep high then I'd let the gas go for it to ease into gear
so I drove home real slow...
would that tv cable being loose cause slipping??
i ordered an Edelbrock "tv cable corrector"
haven't installed yet ..
waiting on my new bracket set up to come
hopefully that lines everything up
that way I can find someone to adjust it properly
i just hope my transmission isn't done...
but I see online on the Facebook marketplace
they go for $300-500 used ...
so that's a sign of relief ..
rebuilt ones are $800.. and up ..which isn't that bad either...
I just wish the person who had this car
left the quadrajet on it...
atleast I wouldn't have to deal with this problem..
this my fav car and I'm looking to rebuild it..
I just wanna enjoy the way it is now..
before I start putting money into it.. smh
October 18th, 2023, 6:50 PM
Edelbrock carb problems
