Thread: 700 r4 1st gear issues

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So my problem is the tranny won't shift into 1st gear. Truck drives in 2nd then shifts normally through the gears but I can't get it back into 1st. Even manually selecting 1st does nothing, just revs. Linkage is good. Injected motor so no carb cable.... any ideas? Govenor? I heard usually with a govenor problem you can't get out of 1st gear not into 1st gear like my problem seems to be. Thanxs.....

Huh? no kick down cable? I have a 700r4 matched to an LT1 and have the kickdown on the throttle body. It works great.

My current build is another LT1 but this time I'm using a 4L60e which is the electronic version of the 700r4.

There is no kick down cable on a 700R4, there IS a Throttle Body cable! They don't work the same, and if the TB cable is out of adjustment, you'll junk the tranny, if a kick down cable is out of adjustment, it'll shift goofy times.
All stock 700r4 trannies have a Carb, Throttle body, multiport injections hook up! Could be the problem, if so probably it's to late.

Pat

so how do I locate/check for adjustment the TB cable? Truck ran very well before I "lost" 1st gear. This is a built 700, don't know if that makes a difference......

Attached is from TCI - covers a lot about 700R4 install and again stresses the critical adjustment of the TV Cable

Oop's, I meant TV cable, Not TB cable.

Pat

Even with the TV cable disconnected the trans should go into 1st gear. If it just revs in low, the low gear clutch pack is toast. I had one that burned up the 3-4 clutch pack, had to run the car in 2nd all the time. Ran good but no 3-4 just revved.

pulled the govenor, it checked out. So once we got it running, I discovered that if I put it in 2nd and got the truck moving then dropped it into 1st the truck would completely lock up. I was gonna drop the pan and have a look at the valve body..... clutch pack huh? Thanx. I'll check that out.

I would say something in the valve body isn't doin' what it should. Sounds like in your last post that, the 2nd gear band and the low/reverse clutch were applied at the same time, not good. Good luck and let us know what it is.

Keith