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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 10:42 AM
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I have a quick question about the over drive in my bronco its an E4OD tranny. Before when ever i turned off the over drive for what ever reason then turned off the car, when i would go to turn it back on the over drive button would reset itself and the over drive would be back on. This weekend I noticed when I turned off the over drive and turned off the car the next time I started it up the over drive was still off. Is it supposed to reset or stay off? Is this a major problem? thanks in advance
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 11:01 AM
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My truck (see sig below) always defaults to OD being on when I turn it off and then back on. If I am towing and stop the truck, I have to push the od off button again to turn it off after restarting. Not sure if this is a majpr problem, but does not seem right to me. Hopefully someone else will chime in with more detailed info.

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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 01:32 PM
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yes as he wrote; resets unless the LED/Switch (about $10.00 at a dealer as a unit)...is faulty
read here for some info:
http://www.atcdg.com/TechBulletins/bull_135.htm
or...
Our's was on/off (not flashing) intermittently due to a chaffed wiring harness under strg column/dash which caused fuse to blow ..this seems to happen in late model (92+) to F's/Broncos
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 02:16 PM
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I have found that if you turn off the engine the system default to an OD engaged condition. This is true on my 94 bronco and my old 1997 f150.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 03:25 PM
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thanks guys, AIM my od switch is on the dash not on the shifter like in that picture. Is that easy to get out? I have not looked at it yet.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 03:45 PM
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say, if this switch is bad and since it stills remmebers to hold the over drive off. do you tink it is drawing off the battery when the truck is off?
 
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 09:59 AM
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Sorry NJ,
I had a surgery and was awy for a bit.
I have no clue to the dash mounted sw. If the harness (wire) was shorted, a fuse would blow so it is doubtful that it is running da batty down due to it's low draw (LED)
 
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