> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:13:14 -0800
> From: JT McBride <James.McBride@GDEsystems.COM>
> To: dakota@csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Overdrive Lockout
>
> Norah says:
> >Does anyone know why on the '93 you had to turn the Overdrive "ON" when
> >needed and now on the '95 it automatically on and you have to turn it off?
>
> I have a '93 with the 5.2, which meant the 4spd AT (MT in '94). The dash
> Overdrive control is an overdrive lockout, meaning that when the switch
> is engaged, the overdrive upshift is disabled. When you start the truck,
> all four speeds (OD too) are enabled; only when you engage the lockout
> are you limited to 3spd. In my experience, the OD is quite a smooth upshift,
> and hardly a problem around town.
>
> In short, on the '93 OD was automatically on and you have to turn it off.
>
> Is this different for '92 and earlier (possibly including a mid-year
> changeover in '93) or different in Canada?
>
> Jim
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>
My 89 is a push to Disengage (light on). I beleive all Dakotas are
like this.
Brian Cleary
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