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Old 08-02-2009, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 06silvercrew
"I dont know that i agree... It isnt a manual valve body... Its the Auto matic, so its the Torqueshift."





I do trans work for a living, have yet to see one that will start off in low gear when 3rd is manually selected.
You are correct... At least in my case. If I put my shifter in 3 it starts in 3. and like that with all the rest of the gears.

Thank you, I learned something... What is the purpose of that option? or is there on.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 04:47 PM
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It's not an option, that's the way it works.

The purpose is for low traction launches, like snow and ice. A higher gear reduces the tendency to spin the tires when there is little traction.
 
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Originally Posted by Mark Kovalsky
That's wrong!

Ford's standard is that if the shifter is in 2 or 3 those are the only gears the transmission will use. In 2 it will start and stay in 2nd gear. In 3 it will start and stay in 3rd gear.
Never knew that...
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 09:18 PM
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even the old c6 worked that way and it was great in slick conditions.
 
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