Re: Diffy Go Boom

From: Josh Battles (josh.lists@omg-stfu.com)
Date: Mon Dec 12 2005 - 11:20:05 EST


On Sun, December 11, 2005 8:48 pm, Gary Hedlin wrote:
>
> Ok, I stand corrected as far as the neutral saftey switch. But I still
> am certian there is some type of failsafe to prevent a catastrophic
> event in case of an abrupt stoppage. I remember one time I was at the
> strip with the 98 trying to manually shift through the gears, and while
> going from 2nd to drive I accidentlly went to far and put it into
> reverse. It shut the engine down right then and there. Now what
> exactly caused it im not sure, but given the nature of DC'S electronics,
> i'm almost sure there's something there.

Shifting a trans from any forward gear to a reverse gear while in motion will
cause damage to the trans and because of what happens inside the trans it'll
shut the engine off. It's this way on all vehicles.

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- Josh
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