Thanks Peter. Actually, under other conditions other than starting from a dead stop and going up an incline, the car shifts beautifully for i't 230K miles. The kickdown switch works as it should except for this scenerio. The bowden cable sounds like my most likely cause and will check the tension as you describe.


Thanks again.

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