TV Cable

Hu Ryde

Donating Member
TV Cable Adjustment

Here's How To Adjust The TV Cable

1. Find TV cable in front of tb.

2. Depress lock tab down on TV cable and push cable all the way Forward to the left.

3. Have someone sit in vehicle and depress gas pedal to the floor so it's at WOT (Wide Open Throttle). Hold it there for steps 4 and 5.

4. Now check to make sure the tb arm is bottomed out or has no more movement. If not, use a pair of Channel Locks to bend TV cable bracket until carb. or injector arm no longer rotates.

5. Next, depress lock tap down and pull TV cable back (Pull HARD!) towards fender or away from tb untill it stops and than release the tab.

6. Use a pocket knife or hacksaw blade to mark the cable in front of the snout. This is MAX TV.

7. After marking Max. TV depress lock tab and push cable forward toward tb. or injector 1/8'' of an inch. Make a mark in front of snout. This is Minimum TV.

8. Set cable back to Max. TV and Road Test.


Road Test

Important
First thing to check on road test is for Detent. Here's how- Make a very light throttle or minimum throttle 1-2 upshift. As soon as it shifts, floor the throttle. The transmission MUST shift back to 1st gear. If it doesn't you need nore T.V.

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InvisiBill

Active member
For the visual types, here is what you're looking for...
tv1.jpg


Here is a generic TV cable animation to make sure you're not backwards...
tvrise.gif


There is an alternate way of doing Step 5. Instead of holding the throttle wide open and pulling the cable back out to max (from sub-min), you can pull the cable out past max with the throttle closed. Rotating the throttle open will then cause the cable to click back in to max.
 
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