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Gary E. Klim - Somewhere In Connecticut mailto:garyklim@snet.net
http://pages.cthome.net/garyklim/ mailto:gklim@harman.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> Chgr69rt@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 8:35 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: overdrive gone
>
>
> List
>
> Saturday I shifted into 2 to slow down coming off a short
> ramp.
>
> The truck (92ccV8auto) barked the tires and apparently trashed
> overdrive....
>
> I've used this method only about 10,000 times before without a
> problem...but now if you allow the truck to try and shift into
> overdrive, it dogs down the engine and slows the vehicle.
>
> Locking OD out the truck runs fine but I now have to carry 4000
> rpm to run 85 instead of 3000rpm.
>
> As a side note: while climbing steep hills , in the past,when it
> would down shift you would feel the converter unlock and then
> it would shift down a gear. On Saturday however, several times
> it acted like the convertor unlocked but it did not shift down.
>
> Any insite would be appreciated.
>
> rob
> charger69rt@inficad.com
>
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