From: mahoneyr@syr.lmco.com@INTERNET on Thu, Jan 9, 1997 1:11 PM
>While I agree that shifting out of overdrive on a hill or even
>shifting out of overdrive due to Throttle movement is normal, my
>problem is - shifting into and out of overdrive on straight level
>highways with no change in throttle! (at least no change in throttle
>by me. The throttle position sensor may disagree!) I can be driving
>steady at 68MPH and for no apparent reason, the tranny will drop out of
>overdrive and then seconds later jump back in. This has been happening
>about 8 to 10 times a minute after it initially starts happening. As I
>said before, it takes 20-25 minutes of 65MPH speed before it ever starts
>happening, but once it starts, it doesn't stop until the truck gets
>turned off for a while and gets cold. (definitely sounds like a tempature
>problem of some sort, but temp of what?
That sounds more like a temperature sensitive electrical component or
connections than a mechanical problem in the tranny.
Dave Clement
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