Th350 Detent Cable Leak

It seems to leak a bunch of transmission fluid after setting for a period of time.

Th350 detent cable leak.

I am about to replace the cable with a lokar braided cable. A new kickdown cable detent boot for the th350 and th350c. Please check to be sure your kickdown cable uses a boot type seal not an oring. I have a mildly built th350 that seems to leak from the detent cable fitting when it sits overnight.

Th350 has in fact a detent cable not a throttle valve cable. I wouldnt think that the tightly adjusted kickdown would caused it to leak. This week i decided to put an end to this leaky madness. Does it seem pssible that it could be losing that much fluid from this location when the car isn t even running.

So it s perfectly ok to remove it. I would say it is about 3 8 tall slides over the plastic part that sticks in the trans. On both of my th350 s i have a rubber sleeve type seal on the cable. Detent boot seal th350 transmission for passing gear kickdown cable.

Please check to be sure your kickdown cable uses a boot type seal not an oring. In japan especially in the city there are so many traffic lights and stop signs that the kickdown can actually be completely removed. I currently have a leak coming from the cable dripping on front. I am working on a 72 c10 with a 307 350 turbo combination.

This boot is typically on th350s 1978 up but may also be found on earlier models. Ct2827 a new kickdown cable detent boot for the th350 turbo 350 and th350c. Seems to me that the detent cable does. The kickdown cable port on the th350 transmission is a common issue.

Search across the entire site search in this forum search in this. It had no sign of front or rear seal leakage so i replaced the filter and pan gasket and then test drove it for several days. And it seems to almost completely drain the fluid so much that the car will barely move. This boot is typically on th350s 1978 up but may also be found on earlier models.

The plastic cable mounts needs to be removed.