[kwmech]

You'll need to get off the tangent that "It worked for years". Yes it did, but not correctly by your own admission, and now you're having problems. YOU WILL BURN UP THE TRANS (if you haven't already) by not correcting the linkage and making the torque convertor lock up. Not locked up they create an incredible about of heat that destroys clutches inside the convertor. Having an incorrectly adjusted TV cable will burn up clutch packs. Fix it right or have that trans rebuilt once again, rinse and repeat