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Post Options Post Options   Quote grokan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 December 2009 at 10:43pm
hmmm my cable had no box like the ones in the photos
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Patrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 December 2009 at 10:52pm

Okay, it's possible then that your Fiero has a non-OEM cable on it.

Although I have no idea how you'd adjust that type of TV cable, it still needs to be adjusted properly for correct operation.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Patrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 December 2009 at 9:57pm

Luke, you told me at the meeting tonight that you thought the adjustment button was on the tranny end of the TV cable.

Was there something about my earlier post you didn't understand? Check the bolded part!

Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:

There is an adjustment to be made so that it works properly. When I got my GT it was the first automatic Fiero I'd ever worked on, so I had to go to Pennock's and search for the correct procedure.

It turned out that the "ratchet" type connector on the TB end of the TV cable on my GT simply would not adjust the way it was supposed to (according to "the book").

I had to use other means (involving brute force and much swearing) to get the proper adjustment, but I did finally get it and now all is well.

What's the problem with kids these days anyway?

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote grokan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 December 2009 at 10:13pm
Lol I've almost got it dialed in but feels like the torque converter can't
deside weather to lock up or not under full throttle any sujections?
Seems to not matter where the tv cable is set
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Patrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 December 2009 at 11:01pm

Luke, as far as I know, the torque converter does not normally lock up under full throttle no matter how you might have that TV cable adjusted.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote grokan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 December 2009 at 11:55pm
Ya it it kinda shutters really slow... I hate automatics
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Patrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 December 2009 at 12:10am

Originally posted by grokan grokan wrote:

I hate automatics

That makes two of us.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Patrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 December 2009 at 10:04pm

Luke, I came across a couple pages in the service manual that talk about TV cable diagnosis and adjustment. These may or may not be helpful to you...

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Patrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 December 2009 at 11:46am

Lots of relevant info in This thread as well.

More good info Here including This link.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Quote grokan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 December 2009 at 12:19pm
Thanks Patrick, looks like I have a few
more things to check
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Capt Fiero Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 January 2010 at 12:16am

 

 So any updates, how is the box working for you, now that you got the cable setup right?

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