Kickdown to the carb • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **Hans** » 17 Aug 2001 6:53

Can anybody tell me how the kickdown is mounted to the carburator. It's a 340 engine with an edelbrock carb and a 727 transmission. I'm asking this cause I just put in the engine again and fired it up yesterday but I don't have a kickdown at the moment. So if anybody could post a picture of how it should be please ...

by **dave-r** » 17 Aug 2001 9:02

Which type of linkage is it? Is it the kind that has an adjustable rod from the carb to a swivel on the throttle cable mount and then a vertical adjustable rod to another swivel on the trans with a third non-adjustable rod going to the lever on the trans?

Don't drive the car without a kickdown lever or you will damage the trans.

SEE ALSO 'Adjusting the Kickdown Lever'.

by **dave-r** » 17 Aug 2001 9:06

Or did you just want to know how it fits onto the carb itself?

by **dave-r** » 17 Aug 2001 13:35

by **hans** » 27 Aug 2001 5:17

Thanks Dave, but...
Your picture doesn't seem to be the same as the linkage I have. I will try to make/scan a pic of the linkage I have. It's not complete what I have, but I just don't know what I'm missing.

by **Douglas** » 27 Aug 2001 14:35

When I got my Challenger it was in pieces. I had no idea what the kick down was like when the car was original. I am running 1970, 340 with a 727 trans and Thermoquad. What ended up working for me was a solid piece rod that rests in a "U" grove bracket near where the pivot is as in the picture above. My 318's have the pivot and two piece rods. The Challenger kick down came out of a 318 Dodge van. There was plenty of firewall room for the one piece rod. It works just fine but I doubt it was originally set up that way.

by **dave-r** » 27 Aug 2001 20:16

Notice mine has a metal sleeve half way down each half of the linkage.

That was because when I switched to a six pack i had to lengthen the vertical piece to the trans and shorten the bit to the carb.

I will scan some drawings of the different types shortly for you mate.

by **Guest** » 27 Aug 2001 23:12

Here are a couple of scans.

by **Hans** » 28 Aug 2001 5:34

Thanks Dave, now i know how it should be. I have the setup showed in scan two. I only miss the throttle rod and one spring. So I could make it complete within this week or something. Thanks again.