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Old 09-26-2025, 09:59 PM
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Default Carb mounted kickdown switch

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Originally Posted by Schurkey View Post
The "A-bodies" were using a gas-pedal-bracket mounted switch starting in '68. Really-slick system, and once the switch was initialized, self-adjusting by whacking the gas pedal to the floor. The problem being that folks don't initialize the switch, and therefore the self-adjusting part doesn't work right. Then they wrap rubber hose around the thing to make it activate sooner.

But I don't know about the F-bodies.

Again, I'd expect that to be in the service manual.


I was gonna say that the switch would be with the shifter assembly...but your posted illustration shows no switch there. So I guess it does activate the backup lights via the column.

Finding the exact original switch is going to be a big task.

I ordered a Chevy carb mount bracket that looks like it will have more flexibility to use functionally similar switches. It was around $10 so I ordered it.

I could work on the readily available switches that are mounted at the gas pedal. I would have to find that bracket. That may be a better route.

Thank you for your information and direction. Service manual, who would of thought that would help?