hi..
if hey guy had been saying 'rod' rather than 'cable' ........
he would have been right.

there is a 'throttle cable' in an auto trans vanagon of course..
it goes from the gas pedal to the lever on the side of the trans.
It is adjustable under the driver's floor..
but that only adjusts how high the pedal is at say, 50 % throttle.
it does not affect shifting in any way.

I suppose people can be forgiven for saying 'cable' when they mean rod ..
or they just don't know that vanagons have a ROD from side of trans to
throttle body,
and it is adjustable for length ..
and that it affects when it shifts, I'm pretty sure.

I tweak that adjustment on many of my auto trans cars and vanagons to affect
when it shifts up.

so your right foot can not push the gas pedal all the way  to the floor ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:17 AM
Subject: Auto Trans: Upshifting later, per GTA?

> Just got off the phone with the fellow at German Transaxle. I got
> pricing, lead time, etc., info about the Peloquin torque biasing
> differential swap. While I was at it, I inquired about modifications to
> make the auto transmission upshift later when accelerating.
>
> Though he did mention that they could modify the governor, he wasn't
> real enthusiastic about it, citing reliability issues ("burn it up" was
> a phrase he used). Instead, he said to tighten the accelerator cable.
>
> I got confused.
>
> "There's the kickdown," he said, "and the accelerator cable."
>
> I explained that I can't use the kickdown because of this fused right
> ankle.
>
> "You can still tighten the cable," he said. "The manual is just a
> guideline, if the cable is tighter, the transmission will shift later."
>
> Uh, okay. He's a transmission guy and I'm just a car owner, so I told
> him that I'd have my mechanic look into it.
>
> But does this makes sense?
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
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