hi guys

 the only way to adjust the auto without the rod is to do it by pressure method theres a bolt on the side of the case near the throttle gearshift levers or on the back of the main body just above the pan you need a pressure gauge & an adapter to screw into the tranny will probably have to make that bit hose long enough to read the gauge from the drivers seat put it in drive the pressure has to be 85psi @ stall speed.

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Steve, we do have a return spring at both ends. At the middle of two carbs and at the kick down lever. So it returns well. Weather here is rainy at the moment and I have not done the adjustments to the bands yet. Hope it will clear out for the weekend .

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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I'm sorry I can't tell you how the two speed kick-down works - but your plan looks like it has a chance of working. I've got a few questions tho....

Does the kick-down lever "spring return" to the initial start/idle position? Seems like you are relying on that spring to move it back to "start" - true?

The two speed set-ups have to rely on a lot of converter slippage (just like clutch slippage on a manual trans in a second gear start) to get started out in low range. The slippage (built into the converter you have) was intended to start a heavy sedan no doubt - not a lightweight roadster. It may have everything to do with the way the thing seems to "slip".

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

And the explanation to that mystery . When the carb lever moves, it first tightens the cable and pulls the kick down lever to it's stop by the force of that spring. And when the kick down is at the end of it's travel, the spring lets the throttle plates continue their travel to flat out position. The spring can also be installed to the kick down lever cable attachment point, if that works better.  So, should the kick down lever bottom before or after the throttle plates are fully open? And is that so, that in 2 speed tranny the rear band controls only the reversing and the front band controls shifting from first to second?

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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This is what I have in my mind at the moment. And this could even work...I think

I don't know how this shows up at the site, but let's try. Design is my own... honestly

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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I'll ask Hoosier to jump in, he knows more about Ford Automatics than all the rest of us put together.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

It's all-aluminium 2-speed trans from '60 Fairlane and no vacuum modulator. I agree that it needs pressure from that kick down linkage, but as Hollow Head said we don't know how to adjust it because it's now done with cable.

-jyrki from Finland-

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Does it have a complete aluminum case or is the bell housing cast iron? If its not all aluminum then it would be a Cruis O Matic and the shifts would be modulator controled. Chuck

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Here are a couple of shots of the "lost motion" linkage on my '56. The carb throttle hits the internal stops, then linkage contines to rotate in the slot to further lower the Fordomatic pressure control rod.

The transmission control is the lever just above where the screwdriver is inserted and it is rotating downward as the throttle advances. must be another 15° of travel there.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona