Ken at German Transaxle gave me a modified governor yesterday, as I posted, to try in my transmission. My son and I had to drop the nose of the transaxle to install the Gowesty ATF cooler kit so it was an easy job to swap out the stoc, governor and pop in the new. First, photo of the stock and modified governors can be viewed at <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kFqBqIbRLMM9u1rPjVNbHw?feat=directlink> One thing I never liked about the transmission is that it upshifted too early when pulling away from a stop, or generally accelerating. The stock transmission would upshift when the engine was about 2600 rpm, far sooner than would do manually, and it felt boggy that way. With the modified governor, the transmission waits until about 3200 rpm, a nice improvement. Second, with the stock governor, if I used the kick down, to get up to freeway speed, say, the transmission would upshift at about 4000 rpm, max. With the modified unit, it let the engine wind up to about 4800 rpm. Again, a nice improvement. -- Rocky J Squirrel '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR |
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