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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 01:40 PM
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Default TH400 guys, how do you shift?

do you use a manual valve body or is it somehow rigged up to your pcm?
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 01:52 PM
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Manual valve body, reverse pattern. Almost everyone on here that runs a TH400 has a transbrake, so the manual/reverse is a mandatory.

I prefer doing the shifting myself. The transbrake is pretty cool as well.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:06 PM
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its like 3speed man. but no clutch.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 383_98_LS1
its like 3speed man. but no clutch.
little off topic, but it has to do with shifting
so with the reverse manual, and since the TH400 is like a manual and say the Cheetah SCS shifter for example, do you throw it in "N" and set the parking brake when you park the car.
So thats R-N-1-2-3 if I am correct???
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MeanWS6
little off topic, but it has to do with shifting
so with the reverse manual, and since the TH400 is like a manual and say the Cheetah SCS shifter for example, do you throw it in "N" and set the parking brake when you park the car.
So thats R-N-1-2-3 if I am correct???
No, you still have park!
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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I think manual valvebody is the for sure way to go with the TH400.......it makes it fun

Another must have is a trans brake
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin 276
No, you still have park!
ok, the pics I have seen of the cheetah shifter do not have a "p"
that is why i was curious.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 04:20 PM
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It's your normal PRN123 pattern. P is all the way at the top.
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