towing in overdrive
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From: new hampshire
I have to agree with 78-fordman,but if you want to hear a good one my brother-in-law lives in rhode I. and i live in upper NH and when he goes skiing as soon as he hits the mass/NH border he drops the overdrive ! why? you ask ! 
well because he drives a dodge and his owners manual says to when driving in the mountains, i could just see him out west ,he would probably be in low-1 ,if you are wondering what he hauls ,well its a cargo of his wife and two pairs of skiis 
,but remember it is a dodge 
well because he drives a dodge and his owners manual says to when driving in the mountains, i could just see him out west ,he would probably be in low-1 ,if you are wondering what he hauls ,well its a cargo of his wife and two pairs of skiis ,but remember it is a dodge
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Correct, shifting does create heat, and can be annoying, if its shifting alot in and out of overdrive then take it out of overdrive. But dont forget your tranny shifts constantly during around town and stop and go driving, with little or no air flow through the stock tranny cooler setup and the torgue convertor is working much harder. Each to thier on here. Just my .02, Happy towing guys.
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From: Reno USA
Originally Posted by canuck999
rvfiver,
noticed from your signature that you have a 12V Fan cooling your auto transmission cooler. I tow a 10,000lb fiver myself and so far the tranny temp gauge has never wavered, it stays rock solid even on long uphill stretches (stock gauge).
Still, I would be interested in hearing more about your setup with the tranny cooler. If you have time, an explanation would be much appreciated. Thanks.
noticed from your signature that you have a 12V Fan cooling your auto transmission cooler. I tow a 10,000lb fiver myself and so far the tranny temp gauge has never wavered, it stays rock solid even on long uphill stretches (stock gauge).
Still, I would be interested in hearing more about your setup with the tranny cooler. If you have time, an explanation would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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From: Penn Valley
Back to the original subject, the reason that the don't tow in overdrive recommendation exists is that the older transmissions (AOD for example) had less strength in the overdrive gearing than the rest of the transmission's gears. Heavy loads in OD could damage hard parts even if the transmission was not hunting gears. The E4OD has many weaknesses but strength of its gear train is not one of them. OD is as fine as any other gear.
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