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Jerry, Here is one picture showing two things (I am near my limit on pictures again and I need to delete some). First, my car is now inspected for another year with no change other than headlight adjustment. Second you can barely see the black plastic snap behind the large spring on the shift cable. I will have to check this frequently to see if the little saw teeth in the connector are stripped or maybe I can add a drop of Gorilla glue on it to keep the setting. While "Duane" inspected the car, the Transmission guy at the shop Performance shop ("Bruce") reset the shift cable and took the car for a road test. Bruce is the proprietor of the shop and that shop is really a speed shop judging by the other performance cars there and so far Bruce has been friendly and effective. As far as I can tell, with reinforcement from Bruce, as long as the black plastic snap holds on the shift cable and the set nut does't slip, good shifting should occur. In the photo below you can see the throttle blades in the carb open as held by the wedged weight of a Sears 3/8" drill on the accelerator and the blades are essentially at WOT so there is no problem with the throttle cable. The problem was due to the slipped connector on the shift cable. I now understand that the length of that cable regulates the shift points and that even with it slipped the trans would still shift but much too soon. I am not sure about the hose you mean. The large hose at the back of the carb is for the power brakes coming from the intake manifold. The smaller hose to the bottom front of the carb is for the kit I got from Summit for the OD lock and it seems OK. The idle speed is also now at 800 rpm. Jerry, I would not have found this problem without your question so thanks. Remote debugging is tricky but in this case I had Bruce available to confirm the problem. Even so I really appreciate the expertise on this Forum and your specific detailed questions have been very helpful.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder