<VV> New PG Questions

[Frank DuVal]

First, since the pg is a two speed and starts off in low range, there 
will be no change in anything at idle moving the shifter from D to L.

I would check the linkage on the TV valve. BTW, what is the TV valve 
hooked to since this is a V8? The TV valve adjustment controls the 
upshift in D. It also controls downshift in D.

Also please retype what you meant by "It will then carry has reverse ". 
This has me stumped, and I fat finger type all the time ggggg.

I have seen the pg in a stock Corvair do the high speed idle when the 
lever is put into L. I just don't remember what exactly was the cause. 
The cure involved adjusting the linkage.

Frank DuVal

Jim Briggs wrote:

> I just put my rear engine V8 Corsa "on the ground" for the first time 
> last week end. And it seems to have some PG or Shifter issues.
>
> First the backround...This is a fresh rebuilt PG built for HP 
> application...machined drum, extra clutches, etc. It also has a Hughes 
> high stall converter. This shifter is a standard shifter mechanism 
> moved to a console position between the buckets which requires the 
> stock cable to loop around inside the console to meet the shifter 
> mechanism. The detents in the mechamisn itself feel firm and smooth 
> and not hard to move the shifter handle. I have not yet connected the 
> neutral safety switch set up.
>
> Symptoms;  With the shifter in the neutral position it will start up 
> and rev as it should. then when moving the shifter toward reverse it 
> will engage reverse firmly (not excessively hard) before the shifter 
> has engaged the reverse detent in the shifter. It will then carry has 
> reverse (engaged into the neutral position. Sometimes drive will not 
> engage until the shifter reached the Low detent. Sometimes Drive seems 
> to be engaged in the correct detent but I caan not feel low engage. In 
> fact in the couple times I took it down the block I did not feel a 1-2 
> shift. Also if I try to bring the shifter into the bottom side of the 
> low detent the RPM's flair and I have to find  neutral to release it 
> back to idle.
>
> I would appreciate any and all help as automatics are not my forte. 
> Has it already broken an E-clip?
> Is the internal shift position piston thinggy out of adjustment?  
> Solutions?  I was hoping to keep this  new toy off the jackstands for 
> a while...but...it doesn't look that way.
>
>
> Thanks Much,
> Jim Briggs
> 66 Corsa V8 that does not yet move quite as good as it sounds.
>
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