Symptoms of a failing tranny?

Right. I tend not to pay much attention to "manu-matic" shifters, so I forgot to mention it.

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Daniel J. Stern
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Is the D in a "box" The last 4 speed Chrysler I drove had the D in the "box" (which is really an "O" - ) signifying OverDrive. My 3 speed did not.

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Bob Shuman

The D is not in a box. It's just a regular, old-fashioned, new-fashioned kind of D. I gather in your last 4 speed you have to put the car into D with the box? Or if you put it in D it signified all the gears, including Overdrive?

If you can figure out what I just asked, well, good for you. I can't even bear to re-read what I just posted.

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Treeline

For four speeds maybe, but I haven't heard it for the 3 speeds.

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Bill 2

Now that's what I like to hear. ;o)

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SBlackfoot

My mistake. The D has an "O" around it. O for Overdrive then.

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Treeline

"Several sources" told Columbus the world was flat, too.

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Steve

Not all automatics allowed "second gear start," for example no Chrysler

3-speeds did. Some Fords did, some GMs did, and maybe Autostick allows it.

Any gear that causes the driveshaft to rotate faster than the engine speed is an "overdrive" gear. The Chrysler 3-speed trannies have a maximum ratio of 1:1 in 3rd gear, and are not overdrive. Some transmissions (Viper 6-speed) have TWO gears that are overdrive of different ratios, with 1:1 being in 4th gear.

TC lockup provides a solid mechanical connection between the engine crankshaft and the transmiission input shaft, bypassing the normal fluid coupling of the torque convertor.

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Steve

Which were still thought to be correct until proven wrong...

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SBlackfoot

Right.

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nospam.clare.nce

Ford 3 speeds had 3 positions - low (start in 1st and stay there) second (or D2) (start in second and stay there) and Drive (fully automatic shift) Lots of Fords also only locked the converter in top gear(direct). Many GM and Chrysler trannies lock in the two top gears, and some automatics(borg Warner or Aisan Warner in older (like 1996) Toyotas, for sure,) would lock in all but low or reverse. 1, 2, 2l, 3, 3l, 4 and 4l. You could watch the tach and see it lock and unlock with varying load and speed.

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nospam.clare.nce

This is the second post in a week or so on this ng implying that the world is not flat. Are you guys saying it's not?

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

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Bill Putney

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