tv cable help

[guitarfreak69]

i have a 1986 monte carlo with a 350 and i believe the transmission is a 2004r.i bought it without the tv cable hooked up, and the owner drove it,who knows how much and i also drove it how with it disconnected.(about 15 mins. i found the bracket that holds the clip in place along with the throttle and put it in. so is their a good chance my transmission is burned up? here is a pic of the bracket that i put the clip in.

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i tried to hook it up but it dosnt reach the carb, it goes past the little nut i assume its supposed to go on, and when i try to push it back it still dosnt reach,by about a an inch or 2. but i can push the cable back into the plastic a good few inches. i assume when i pull on the throttle cable its supposed to pull the tv cable out? here is a pic of me trying to push it back the tv cable, this as far as i can push it into the cable housing.

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how do i fix this? do i have to adjust it somehow? please help me

 

[jdietschweiler]

23 views and no responses no one works on their own car on this site???

I'd answer but I'm old school so idk.

 

[Bonnewagon]

According to this article you are screwed.http://www.cpttransmission.com/tech_tvcable.htm But is it slipping? Or what?

 

[richp85elco]

yes as you twist the throttle bracket the TV cable should be pulled out. What you should be adjusting for is that the tv cable be all the way pulled out when the throttle is at full travel as well. Hope that makes sense.. If your lucky tho, hopefully the trans didnt suffer too much damage but the only way to tell would be to hook it up correctly and see if it shifts and drives fine. I would pull the pan and change the fluid and filter and inspect for debri