cleaned throttle body. Now car won't shift.

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03-31-2012, 01:25 PM

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Car: 91 formula

Engine: 350 tuned port. bolt ons

Transmission: 700r4

Axle/Gears: 3.73

cleaned throttle body. Now car won't shift.

last night I cleaned out the throttle body on my 91 formula 350 tpi. After the cleaning I went for a road test and notice the car won't shift out of first gear. So I pulled over and noticed I forgot to reconnect the throttle cable to the throttle body. After I reconnected it I went for another drive. Still won't shift out of 1st gear. So I left the car overnight and drove this morning and its shifting fine now and drives well. What gives. I'm thinking maybe my tv cable needs some adjustment or something. I do notice before when I took my car out of winter storage when I put the car in drive its really stiff to get out of park? Any ideas.

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04-01-2012, 09:40 PM

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Car: 91 & 88 GTA, 89 Formy, 89 bird

Engine: 3 - 350 TPI, 305 TBI

Transmission: All 700R4's

Axle/Gears: unknown

Re: cleaned throttle body. Now car won't shift.

The TV cable was probably stuck and/ or out of adjustment.

When you have it in winter storage, do you start it up every now and then?
Some things could stick until they work loose.

Like shifter and TV cables?