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Re: Failing overdrive

To: Ken Tharp <kthinc@dwx.com>, Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Subject: Re: Failing overdrive
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:40:54
By declutching I assume you mean pushing in on the clutch with your foot.
But doesn't the O/D have its own internal clutch that does this for you?

Patrick Bowen

At 06:24 PM 8/15/98 -0500, Ken Tharp wrote:
>Atwell,
>
>> Here's another question for the List:  Is it worthwhile to declutch when
>> engaging/disengaging the O/D?  Which pieces are we saving (or hurting) by
>> using the clutch, or not?
>
>My mechanic says "YES," use the clutch every time you go in or out of
>overdrive. So I do.--
>Ken Tharp
>Ken Tharp Homes, Inc.
>West Des Moines, IA
>http://www.kthinc.com
>
>
>


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