Mine OD takes a second to activate. Is this normal?
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>
To: 'Mark Gardner' <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>; 'Joe Curry' <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 1:28 AM
Subject: RE: O/D use
>
> Joe - you use 3rd with overdrive at 40-50? I occasionally use it for
> cruising at about 30. At 35-40 I use 4th, and at anything over 40 I use
> 4th with overdrive. That'll give me around the 2000 revs mark -
> perfectly ok for cruising along, although obviously requiring a
> down-shift (or switching out the overdrive) before acceleration.
>
> Does my 1500 have different ratios to your earlier car? Or do we just
> have different driving styles?
>
> I find that trying to use the overdrive to give a 6-speed gearbox is too
> cumbersome - 3rd, 3rd with overdrive and 4th are all close enough
> together that you have to change at intervals that are too close to be
> comfortable. So I only use 3rd with overdrive for cruising, never for
> accelerating.
>
> As for the method for selecting overdrive, I generally tend to just
> flick the switch. It's probably better to ease off the gas slightly,
> otherwise you're going to get different signals coming from the engine
> and the road wheels, and that's got to put some strain on something!
> But I ignore my own advice and engage it at full throttle.
>
> Dean
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>
> >----------
> >From: Joe Curry[SMTP:spitlist@gte.net]
> >Sent: 18 June 1999 04:33
> >To: Mark Gardner
> >Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: O/D use
> >
> >
> >Mark,
> >I occasionally use 3rd with overdrive when I am cruising in town and the
> >speed limit is 40 to 50. Not high enough for 4th gear and a bit much
> >for 3rd without OD.
> >
> >As for shifting, I don't use the clutch when engaging od disengaging
> >overdrive but I do normally ease up a bit on the gas so it doesn't put
> >any undue strain on the drive train when it kicks in.
> >
> >I don't know if it's the accepted proper procedure, but it feels right
> >to me.
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >Mark Gardner wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi again - Now that I have you all thinking about O/Ds, what is the
> >> accepted method for engaging/disengaging it? Use the clutch? Just
back
> >> off on the gas? (Thanks for the suggestion, Mike). Any particular
> >> reason why O/D is also available in 3rd? Is it practical to use it to
> >> create a 6 speed? I presume that the O/D is not available in 1st or
2nd
> >> due to the higher torque at the driveshaft in those gears. Correct?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance again,
> >>
> >> Mark Gardner
> >
> >--
> >"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> >
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