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overdrive question - to declutch or not on o/d shifts?

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Subject: overdrive question - to declutch or not on o/d shifts?
From: asj@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Adrian Jefferies)
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 14:13:00 +0100 (BST)
Hi,

'Christopher A. Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>'
was talking about overdrives a few days ago and wrote:
>it's doubly important on an overdrive car to try to
>match revs on shifts and keep the oil clean by frequent changes.

Which makes me ask - what is the consensus on whether to declutch
on shifting the o/d in or out? I confess that I no longer
bother but I'm careful not to be accelerating or deccelerating too
hard when I switch it in or out. I used to always declutch when I
shifted the o/d on my MGB, so I guess you could say I'm taking
an average ....

Any ideas?

Regards, Adrian & TR4
        asj@dsbc.icl.co.uk 

PS: I've just realised that Chris was talking about careful shifts in general
to minimise the chance of the o/d filter clogging ...


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