didnt know were to put this,,,,driving withO/D
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OD is an extra gear. No it wont harm anything other than MPG. Its kind of like leaving my truck in 4th gear and never going into 5th. I would just run with it on. If you need to go down a gear or two the tranny will do it for you. Just floor it. The reason its there is to turn it off when towing a heavy load since the tranny will "hunt" between gears sometimes and cause the tranny to overheat. Another reason its there is to turn off while in around town so your tranny has one less gear to shift into.
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easy thing you can do to gain a little more pulling power on hills is as you start going up touch your brake just enough to trip the brake lights switch which will unlock the torque converter and give you a few more rpm say 300-500. I have the 5spd auto and the truck can't pull its self up a 6% grade in overdrive and converter locked. unlock it and it will hold 65-70 with out getting into the throttle. so its not a dramatic as turning the overdrive off or dropping a whole gear but enough to get me up a hill with out slowing down. this can also be done with the overdrive off. but the transmission computer wont leave it unlocked in 4th probably because it doesn't have enough of a load on the engine/transmission, but i have found it wont leave it unlocked in 4th pulling a jayco pop up camper trailer up the same hill but that's enough weight to slow me down.
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easy thing you can do to gain a little more pulling power on hills is as you start going up touch your brake just enough to trip the brake lights switch which will unlock the torque converter and give you a few more rpm say 300-500. I have the 5spd auto and the truck can't pull its self up a 6% grade in overdrive and converter locked. unlock it and it will hold 65-70 with out getting into the throttle. so its not a dramatic as turning the overdrive off or dropping a whole gear but enough to get me up a hill with out slowing down. this can also be done with the overdrive off. but the transmission computer wont leave it unlocked in 4th probably because it doesn't have enough of a load on the engine/transmission, but i have found it wont leave it unlocked in 4th pulling a jayco pop up camper trailer up the same hill but that's enough weight to slow me down.
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OD is an extra gear. No it wont harm anything other than MPG. Its kind of like leaving my truck in 4th gear and never going into 5th. I would just run with it on. If you need to go down a gear or two the tranny will do it for you. Just floor it. The reason its there is to turn it off when towing a heavy load since the tranny will "hunt" between gears sometimes and cause the tranny to overheat. Another reason its there is to turn off while in around town so your tranny has one less gear to shift into.
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Really? A mom joke? That was pretty gay. You must be 12.
The manual in Rangers suck. They are weak and the slave like to go out. I'd rather have an auto in a truck anyway. But since you know nothing go ahead and buy your manual Ranger.
The manual in Rangers suck. They are weak and the slave like to go out. I'd rather have an auto in a truck anyway. But since you know nothing go ahead and buy your manual Ranger.
Last edited by whippersnapper02; 10-30-2009 at 03:46 PM.
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Yea being 12 I just need something to keep my young mind entertained, so I drive a standard. Autos are like watching paint dry, they just aren't any fun.
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I agree but there is a time and a place for a manual. Truck? Meh. Sports car? Hell yeah. But if you have a fast enough car it gets to the point where you just can't shift as fast as an auto. My buddy's 06 GTO auto ran a 12.5 at 108 in the quarter. That was before the cam. A similarly equipped manual 06 GTO pulled a tad slower. Crappy driver? Nah. It just takes time to shift.
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I agree but there is a time and a place for a manual. Truck? Meh. Sports car? Hell yeah. But if you have a fast enough car it gets to the point where you just can't shift as fast as an auto. My buddy's 06 GTO auto ran a 12.5 at 108 in the quarter. That was before the cam. A similarly equipped manual 06 GTO pulled a tad slower. Crappy driver? Nah. It just takes time to shift.
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