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Looking for comments and suggestions.=C2=A0=0A=0AI just installed a TR4 re=
built overdrive transmission in my 1960 TR3. =C2=A0Everything is running w=
ell and the OD is pretty cool. =C2=A0I don't know what to expect or how it=
should work, but this doesn't seem right to me. =C2=A0When I'm up to 60 m=
ph or so and flip the switch, it shifts into OD no problem. =C2=A0If I'm a=
ccelerating at the time, it won't shift until I let up on the gas so there=
isn't any load. =C2=A0As I experimented with this, driving down HWY 1 alo=
ng the Pacific Coast Highway, there are short rolling hills and as I am go=
ing up the hill and flip the switch, it won't shift into OD until again I'=
ve crested the hill and have let up on the gas a bit.=0A=0ANow 3rd gear, I=
wondered if I'd ever use OD in 3rd gear, but I do find when driving along=
a 4 lane blvd with the speed about 45 mph, 3rd gear with OD is pretty nic=
e. =C2=A0So while cruising along like that when I accelerate fairly aggres=
sively, like an automatic transmission, without me touching the switch, it=
will drop out of OD by itself as I accelerate, and when the load is reduc=
ed as I let up on the gas, it will shift back into OD.=0A=0AI told the mec=
hanic who rebuilt the transmission about this and he said that isn't right=
, and his first question was if the oil level OK so I checked. =C2=A0I too=
k out the side fill plug and can see the oil level and it just starts to o=
oze over the threads. So that's not the problem.=0A=0AWhat is normal shift=
ing for an OD transmission?=0A=0AThanks,=0A=0ARye=
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<html><body><div>Looking for comments and
suggestions. </div><div><br></div><div>=
I just installed a TR4 rebuilt overdrive transmission in my 1960 TR3. &nbs=
p;Everything is running well and the OD is pretty cool. I don't know=
what to expect or how it should work, but this doesn't seem right to me. =
When I'm up to 60 mph or so and flip the switch, it shifts into OD n=
o problem. If I'm accelerating at the time, it won't shift until I l=
et up on the gas so there isn't any load. As I experimented with thi=
s, driving down HWY 1 along the Pacific Coast Highway, there are short rol=
ling hills and as I am going up the hill and flip the switch, it won't shi=
ft into OD until again I've crested the hill and have let up on the gas a =
bit.</div><div><br></div><div>Now 3rd gear, I wondered if I'd ever use OD =
in 3rd gear, but I do find when driving along a 4 lane blvd with the speed=
about 45 mph, 3rd gear with OD is pretty nice. So while cruising al=
ong like that when I accelerate fairly aggressively, like an automatic tra=
nsmission, without me touching the switch, it will drop out of OD by itsel=
f as I accelerate, and when the load is reduced as I let up on the gas, it=
will shift back into OD.</div><div><br></div><div>I told the mechanic who=
rebuilt the transmission about this and he said that isn't right, and his=
first question was if the oil level OK so I checked. I took out the=
side fill plug and can see the oil level and it just starts to ooze over =
the threads. So that's not the problem.</div><div><br></div><div>What is n=
ormal shifting for an OD transmission?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>Rye</div></body></html>=
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