I cant see the video here at work but Ive seen some say its a simple as just pulling the cable to where it is a little pressure on the cable and setting it there. The only proper way to do it is with a pressure gauge plumbed into the transmission and setting it the pressure at idle and at certain rpm. I dont remember the specifics cause its been so long but I did mine the correct way years ago. I used on old mechanical oil pressure gauge and hooked it up to the pressure port on the trans and set the cable accordingly. Any other way you risk the chance of roasting the trans in a very short time.
30psi at idle right? depending on what carb you have and where you hook up the cable you want to make sure you get enough pull on the cable to increase the pressure accordingly.
No pressure gauge was used in the video. Surprised me. Don't these guys have a good repuation for instruction videos???
I cant see who made the video or what their reputation is. But its not hard to do it the correct way, its an expensive mistake to make if you get it wrong. A mechanical oil pressure gauge can be bought for about $20 if you dont have one laying around. And its not hard to hook up temporarily to set the pressure.
I would definitely check it with a pressure gauge. Just found it curious that "Bad Penny Productions" would say that's not necessary.
9 out of 10 times they may be right. But Ford lists a pressure setting for a reason. I set mine by feel first like some said to do. then hooked up the gauge. It was close but not exact.
My edelbrock carb had the perfect hole for the cable and the right amount of pull. Just had to drill a hole in the stock throttle cable bracket and run the cable through that. Looked like it was meant to be there.
I really like the way you did that, it makes things simple for me. Ill be setting mine up the same way.
Like the blurb from Bad Shoe Productions says: "In 9 out of 10 cases this is all that is required" When you put these transmissions in a different car, with non-stock linkages you should take the time to check the pressure at idle, with the advance gauge and make sure that at WOT (wide open throttle) the cable is completely pulled without limiting the throttle advancement or binding the cable. The reason for taking the time to check for full travel and proper pressures is that if you are too low you can burn the transmission up in the first few minutes of operation and if the pressure is too high it will not shift and down-shift properly. The cable is attached to a valve that does the same jobs as the modulator and kick-down valves on the C4. It HAS to be right or you will be replacing the transmission.
