Hello everyone,
Wasn't there a way to set the computer to automatically turn OD off when the
car is started? Please let me know.
--Chris Oertell
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Spence" <kspence@intermind.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 9:37 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Overdrive issue - leave OD OFF!
> I have to agree with leaving it off in the city. There is a Ford site
> that recommends that you do so in their Explorers, and I heard the same
> thing from the Ford dealer service guys. When you are driving slow, and
> you are in OD, you are making the transmission do the work instead of
> the motor. All trannies should work 100% fine in 1:1 (non-OD) - almost
> every car pre-80s did that. OD was installed to let the motor drop a
> few hundred RPM when you are coasting on the highway. Doing a constant
> highway speed requires only minimal horsepower and is therefore safe to
> let the transmission rev a little more. If you hit the gas, the tranny
> should drop to non-OD almost immediately.
>
> As for saying you should drive with the idiot lights off...thats flat
> out wrong too. The OD indicator (which is actually a non-OD indicator)
> is there to show you that the car isnt in the same state that it was
> when you started it. It isnt a warning light at all. It is a reminder
> that you might want to kick it back on when it is needed.
>
> City MPG is so bad anyway, so keeping it off isnt going to cost you gas
> money. All it does is save wear and tear on your car. Making your
> truck go down the road is a huge transfer of energy...one that the motor
> is built to take. The tranny is only supposed to transmit the energy
> rearward, and if you leave it in OD, you are asking it to do the work
> instead of the motor. The motor is supposed to do the work...thats why
> everything is so heavy duty in an engine. After all, do you guys change
> your tranny fluid every 3000 miles??
>
> Leave the OD off in the city and save yourself the wear and tear!!!
>
> ...Kevin
> 93 318 CC, hardly every in OD, 100K miles and going strong
>
>
>
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