shaun,
My R/T used to do about the same thing. I could feel that downshift at
times that I thought it might be "inappropriate" But, I just put on a new
throttle body, and this feature seems to have disappeared AND, the shifts
have gotten firmer, even without my JET II chip, which burned out on me
Saturday... I think Colin put it well, the kickdown adjustment is a finicky
and powerfull thing. The new TB came with a mount for the cables and the
differences between the new and old basically "fixed" my transmission (4K
miles and counting) Since I did not adjust anything. More about the new TB
later...
BKB
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
[mailto:Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 1998 5:00 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Update on shifting problem...
Here's another problem I've noticed with my transmission shifts (just
happened to be paying attention to it this morning). Not only does it
ping-pong at about 30mph, but at over 50 mph: if I let off the gas, a moment
or two later it "downshifts" out of OD and I get that neat decelleration
feeling. Shouldn't it coast in OD and downshift when the speed no longer
supports that gear? Maybe I'm dealing with a TC lockup problem.
I had hoped the transmission would be smarter than this. I think I'm
going
to take it in to the dealer and let them play with it. The truck is only 4
months old.
Shaun
Tustin, CA
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