ok I need to get this straight.....

I found my rods under the intake and exhaust. Freeking hard to get at. Really hard from under the car and really hard from above. I found the only way was by pulling the airbox and forcing my arm in....OUCH I have thick arms.

I have lots of slop in everything. Probably not helpful for my adjustments.

Both the Throttle linkage and the transmission(TV rod?) were lengthened pretty far, and the check nuts backed off about mid way.

My shifts prior are hard thunking shifts, really late and need to be helped into gear with letting off the throttle..

I adjusted the inner rod(goes to the tranny) shorter. I adjusted about half of the threads worth. Turning the ball end in. No difference except it seems harder to let off the throttle to get it to change gear(up). But that could also be the throttle linkage, I had to adjust it slightly in as the rod end was too close to the ends of the threads.

So should I screw the ball end in more??

Looking at the manuals on the skinnerbox.steaky is impossible. Scanned PDFs are hard to read.

Whats the turn barrel you refer too? I see a springy thing that looks like a turn barrel on the throttle linkage.

So shorter will make it shift sooner and softer eh? Not the other way? This thing is like a swiss watch

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77 300D- new to me, lots of "issues" to deal with. But a nice unit.
Diesel man- 84 Toyota Diesel cruiser

Ok spent a few hours in there today. Damm my arms are too think, and I refuse to pull the ac to do this.

I had to pull the bellcrank that sits below the exhaust....uugh. Because the darn rod end would not release for me. Not easy.

So my final results... I lengthened the throttle rod to max and shortened the tranny rod all the way in. I do now have a better shift.

I could improve it more, but I am fully out of adjustment. I think all my ends are just too sloppy.

To help throttle response I filled the gap on the one rod before the injector pump lever. The gap I figure is there for a null when advancing the power. But The slop in my linkage is fine for that.

But I am going to buy a bunch of new ends. Do you think I will need new ball ends too? I had some loose ones, but a few taps on a rivet gun had them seated better....

Thanks, bb

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77 300D- new to me, lots of "issues" to deal with. But a nice unit.
Diesel man- 84 Toyota Diesel cruiser

I just put a tranny in a '79 300D. There was a bushing on the "TV" rod that had disintegrated. You can take that entire rod out of there relatively easily. Sounds like you've had the front end off, and that is the tough one. You may have to drop the rear of the transmission down - - remove the crossmember/chassis fixing bolts - - to get to the bracket, but it is doable. I'd bet that bushing is toast. If so, it will give you a bunch (4-5mm) of slop in the linkage.

Jay.

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