Hi Folks -

I'm been lurking a while but this is my first post. After a several month search, I've just bought (from the original owner!) a '71 F100 Custom LWB. It has a 390 with a Holley 4bbl (Model 1850-6) and C6 tranny, and only 63K total miles (3K of which I just put on driving it back home to DC from outside Seattle where I bought it).

The truck is in outstanding shape, and just needs a few minor things. One is that the kickdown linkage is missing. I bought a Lokar kickdown cable kit (P/N KD-20C6HT), but I'm having trouble figuring out how to get it properly installed. The instructions are of limited help, and I haven't found anything either in the forum archives or on the Lokar website.

My questions:

- How is the tranny-side cable kickdown lever supposed to be secured to the tranny kickdown arm? The arm has a short unthreaded stub that fits into the slot in the cable linkage, but I can't figure out what keeps it there if this is where it actually goes.

- Where exactly does the cable support bracket connect to the trans? My C6 has a square, vertically oriented slotted lug about 8" behind the shift/kickdown arm, but it seems that the support bracket should mount forward of the arm (i.e., toward the motor), and not back. Unfortunately, I don't see any easy mounting points forward of the arm.

- My throttle spring return bracket (the one that mounts on the manifold) doesn't look anything like the one in the Lokar instructions, so I can't see how the cable adjuster bracket connects to it. My bracket appears to be oriented 90 degrees from what would be required to enable the cable end to point in line with the carb throttle arm. Do I need to also buy the Lokar throttle cable bracket (P/N SRK-4000) to make this work?

So, of the 4 required connections, the only one I DO see how to do is connect the hex carb fitting on the end of the cable to the carb throttle arm.

Has anyone done this and can give me some guidance, or possibly send me digital pix?

Thanks,

Dave
Washington DC