The kickdown saga......

 A long time ago I found that the outer cable sleeve had pulled out
of the back side of the ferrule it is crimped into. I was able to push
the sleeve all the way back into the ferrule, so it *is* in its
original position Then I  secured  it with automotive "Goop". So that
is not an issue.  I found the detailed adjustment instructions on
Brickboard. It says to loosen the cable on the throttle drum as much
as possible. You then pull on the cable, then release it. The spring
in tranny then retracts it and the cam is supposed to make a sound/
click as the cam hits its stop on the tranny. You then keep tightening
until the click sound just stops when it is released.  However, I can
only hear a click as I pull the cable *out* of the red end....when
released, I hear no sound as it stops upon retracting.
  I am wondering if the lack of a clickcoming from tranny when the
cable is released  means that the cable is hanging up, preventing
cable and cam from going full travel and hitting the stop?   The cable
is definitely free, and pulls in and out smoothly.
When I twiddle with the adjustment, it doesn't make sense what the car
is doing. if I move the outer sheath all the way forward, making as
much slack as possible, then the car will never shift out of second
into third.  Conversely, when I moved the sheath all the way back as
far as possible (tightening cable on drum) I had the same
result....would not shift into third.  When it is in about the middle,
then the car will shift into third, but only when you let off the gas
momentarily.  
If I understand it right, moving the adjustment all the way forward
(max slack) should have shifted the shift speeds so as to enable third
and O/D as well.     Geronimo