First thanks for those that offered suggestions on the routing of the vacuum lines.

I tired to study the images sent to me, and I guess I can't quite make out the images.

At present, it seems to upshift ok, put when coming to a stop the 2-1 downshift goes CLUNK. It didn't do this prior to the vacuum work I did, however upshifts were to quick and slipppppppppppppppppppped with the 23 and 34 shifts.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks


btw this is a 80/81 TD-T.

Good chance that you may have a bad mount either on the tranny or more likely the rear end. They are usually not a critical item until they fail....
If you can inspect them to see their conditionitmight help you.

I got to a local independant shop ecery other oil change and let him do it. It costs 49.95 but he does a safety check and any items that I notice like this I ask him about and he looks into them for me. If he finds something I often fix it myself and then the next time it's in for the change he looks things over again.

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My 83 has all three of those symptoms (flare goes away when warm). I just need to take the time to adjust everything correctly. I know my regulating valve (the one on the IP) doesn't have the range it should have.

What changes did you make to the system?

http://transmission.articles.mbz.org/adjust

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