Yep, I was avoiding that kit, I want to be able to pick the mph, somewhere between 35 and 40 does it for around here. No I don't have a cable corrector, I have put some sleeves on the end of the cable to extend the range of the cable. It shifts fine, just locks up funny. JC CC: to List On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I definitely missed that there was no factory lockup control. So the > Monte hasn't had a working lockup since you've had it? That makes > troubleshooting tough since you don't know if this trans will lockup > normally... > > I have faith in the collective brain power of the Elky list! We'll > figure it out. > > (On a side note, I read the Monte has an Edelbrock 1405, do you have a > cable corrector for the trans cable?) > > When I had the 700 in my Malibu (~'02) I used a cheap kit that locked > up the converter whenever the trans was in 4th gear. It was annoying > because the trans shifted to 4th too soon and then 4th with lockup > meant a serious bog. On top of that I had 2.73 gears. It was > somewhat better when I changed to 3.42s and manually shifted. > >