Re: Ultramatic throttle linkage adjustment

Posted by Bob E. On 2019/7/29 20:24:26

Sorry to hijack this thread. I will start a new one if necessary but there was a lot of great HH56 info on this one that is relevant. After reading this thread, I remembered that when I switched from a Carter WCFB to the 4GC on my 55 Patrician I just did a quick linkage adjustment to ensure the linkage wasnt hitting the firewall. So I went back last night to be a little more careful with the adjustment. Following the top end procedure on page 52 of the SM, the throttle linkage adjustment piece ended up very far forward, close to the turnbuckle. This didnt seem right so I then went to do the lower end procedure on the kick-down lever on the passenger side of the tranny. When I first started playing with it, the lever would very easily move forward and back, even with the long connecting rod attached. It moved so easily that I thought it wasnt connected to anything inside the tranny. Plus, it did look like the lever was mounted a bit to far aft as per the SM procedure of using a straight edge etc. All I did was to use a socket wrench and box end wrench to loosen (didnt take too much force) the bolt that holds the lever to the shaft and the damn trans shaft will no longer rotate. It went from feeling disconnected to locked up. Not sure what I may have hit or done to it. I started the car and ran the tranny through the gears (brake on) so see if pressure on the system would put things back to normal. But no joy. I must have done something inadvertently to have the shaft no longer move. Any suggestions? Thanks