well, having finally dealt with the "emergency" issues on the van, i'm now trying to address an ongoing problem with the automatic transmission. in essence, it seems to have a delayed upshift, one result of which is that when there's significant throttle going from 1->2 there's usually a massive bang and shudder. sounds and feels awful! to avoid it, you have to remember to let off the gas near that point to let it shift normally.
also, there's some kind of leak of transmission fluid. got to the point recently that it was having a hard time shifting into reverse, but i'm keeping a better eye on it now. it's not obvious where the leak is coming from.
at any rate, one frequent suggestion for this kind of thing in the manual is to adjust the throttle cable. but i can't figure out where it means!
i at first imagined the "throttle cable" was what came from the accelerator pedal to the throttle body (but i think that's the accelerator link). or maybe they mean the kickdown cable that goes from the throttle body to the tranny. but neither seem to look at all like the pic below.
what am i missing? where is it (what part of the engine)?
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