gmiles

I have an Edelbrock carb on my 63 Cutlass. I made a new throttle rod to work with the new carb and it has a tab for the kickdown lever to attach to. How do I set the kickdown with this carb? The factory manual is useless with the Edelbrock carb.

The kick down arm is spring loaded and wants to push forward. Is it as simple as adjusting it all the way forward then working backwards until I get the shift point I want?

Also, I need a few clips to hold the stainless trim on around the back quarter windows (2 dr post car) and some clips to hold the "oldsmobile" script on the trunk. I've checked all the obvious places (steel/rubber, etc) with no luck.

thnx

grady

nonhog

Do you have a picture of the 1/4 clips? I can look.

joe_padavano

Start by reading this thread. In particular, scroll down to post #19 in that thread for photos of the linkage I made for the E-brock carb on my 62 F-85.

Be aware that the linkage is NOT a "kickdown", it is a throttle valve just like the one on the 200-4R and 700R4 transmissions. Adjustment has been purely by trial and error. I started with the rod adjusted short and incrementally adjusted it longer until the trans downshifted and upshifted acceptably. Mine probably isn't perfect, but it's close enough until I do the five speed swap.

gmiles

Here are pics of the clips. The bigger clips are used to hold the stainless trim on around the side windows. The smaller ones are used to hold the letters on the trunk.

And I'm reading the thread on the TV adjustment.

gmiles

And a few newer pics of the car.

nonhog

Dang it! Forgot last night. Tonight!

nonhog

Car looks nice!

nonhog

have a few of those clips still attached to trim. I'll send them to you.
with trim for back up. no charge
PM me an address, may still have it but just to be sure.

gmiles

Got the trim parts yesterday. Thanks again. That's twice you've saved the car for me.


grady

nonhog

Glad to help!, look around and see if there is anything else you might need/want an extra of.
Really don't have much left but I'll be tossing most of what is left as I desire a cleaner shop than what I currently have. LOL

Hetman

Nice Cutlass!

I also have a 63 Cutlass (triple-black) and I am very unsatisfied with the way the transmission shifts, and I've been told it's "normal". Well, it makes the car completely unsatisfying to drive and I too wish to install a 5-speed manual transmission as Joe Padavano alludes to. Speaking of which, Joe, I'd love to hear anything about your plans for that swap! Thanks.