Re: Overdrive hung till shutdown

From: DodgeBoyz3@aol.com
Date: Thu Aug 27 1998 - 18:17:35 EDT


In a message dated 8/27/98 3:31:33 PM Central Daylight Time,
stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu writes:

>
> I don't remember the previous discussion (I usually skip over the A/T
> specific info since I have a 5-speed), but, just looking at this from a
> "common sense" type perspective, it seems to me that if turning off OD
> while you're driving would hurt anything, they would have designed it so
> you couldn't disengage it while driving. Most of our trucks (certainly all
> of the late model ones) have an electronic speed sensor input to the PCM.
> As
> far as I know (which isn't much ;-) , the OD button is electrical, not
> mechanical, so it would be a very simple matter to not allow the OD to be
> turned off while you're driving. I could be wrong; I don't know much
> about trannies, and even less about automatic ones. :-)
>
Disengage the OD while doing 80mph and enjoy the downshift.
Gene



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