clivebrown Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Hi All, Ive entered the world of RRC, I've never worked on a v8, (only diesel defenders). I want to restore this 1987 3.5vogue to std, there is minimum rust, but the efi had been removed before. It has been put back on, but the throttle linkages aren't connected. I have two cables, one the accelerator and another that I don't know what it's for. Does anyone have a good clear picture of the linkages connected? Cheers Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 The other cable comes from the gearbox for the kick down. It comes off the other side of the mechanism but I don't have any pictures, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) The other cable is indeed the kickdown cable for the auto gearbox. If you have a manual box on the car you don't need it & can ignore it. If it's an auto you do & Ashcroft say you shouldn't run an auto with the kickdown cable disconnected: 'Set up If the vehicle is a Disco I or Range Rover Classic under no circumstances drive with the kickdown cable disconnected, as this will cause premature autobox failure.' http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/automatic-gearboxes/zf4hp22.html Have a read through this thread, esp page 2. Edited April 17, 2017 by paintman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 IIRC the throttle pedal connects to the top so that when it pulls the butterfly opens against the spring. The second cable has a small collet to prevent it slipping too far inside the outer cable, this connects below the throttle shaft so that it is relaxed at idle and pulled out under acceleration. You can tweak the kickdown a little, as long as the cable isn't slack at idle or pulled to the end of its travel at full throttle, you can effect how sensitive the kickdown is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 P.S. nice looking truck, shame about that dent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) On 5/3/2017 at 1:34 AM, Range Rover Blues said: IIRC the throttle pedal connects to the top so that when it pulls the butterfly opens against the spring. The second cable has a small collet to prevent it slipping too far inside the outer cable, this connects below the throttle shaft so that it is relaxed at idle and pulled out under acceleration. Yes to the above. You can tweak the kickdown a little, as long as the cable isn't slack at idle or pulled to the end of its travel at full throttle, you can effect how sensitive the kickdown is. See the Ashcroft link & it goes into more detail about the effect. Edited May 5, 2017 by paintman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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