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ksing44 · #7 03-18-2007, 12:25 PM

I think I pretty much fixed the 3rd to 4th shift flair with the Bowden cable adjustments. I just turned it a little bit at a time and went for test drives. I turned and drove and turned and drove. Actually, I am surprised how little turning it takes to make a difference. I think I was turning the plastic screw thing out away from the connection, thus making the cable slightly tighter. It got to the point that I couldn’t really get into 4th gear and then I turned it back in a little until I thought it was shifting properly. I think it is fixed! I think it is fixed! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

The car is also a bit more responsive to the gas pedal now. I think it feels like it did before they replaced the cable. Looking back on things now, I remember thinking my car was a little less responsive and slower on strong acceleration after the dealer “fixed” my transmission. Now I think it seems more like the way it always did. To think that all they had to do was turn that screw a bit and my problem would have been solved. I guess I am glad they didn’t, since now I am done with them!

I also think what I did may have affected my brake pedal feel. Is that possible? I have always had some play in the brake pedal that seemed to respond to pumping. It seemed to be related to the vacuum boost, rather than the hydraulic system. My brakes and brake lines have always been very well maintained, but I still would have the occasional slop. It typically would be best when I drove fast, as if pushing the system increased something in the vacuum boost. Please forgive me if this all sounds ridiculous. I am afraid that I am real bozo about how my car works. Even so, I think I may have fixed my problem with the transmission shift flair.

Now maybe I can find out more about the air vent slapping at cold start-up.

Thanks again!

Also, thank you for trying to explain vacuum to me.
I definitely understood the analogy of a straw with a hole.