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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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Manually Locking Torque Converter

Has anyone tried put a switch in to manually lock the TC?

Wondering if the is an advantage to locking it once your going

ie, instead of having it unlock everytime you let off the gas, or coast down a hill......

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BTW 4R70W application
 
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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I have a t/c lock swith. ti is realy nice. it saved me from smokeing my trany the other day too I was towing a 7K on back roads slow so i did not have enough air over the cooler got the trany temp up to 200 before I noticed locke up the t/c and it started to cool off. I also use it just on regular driving too . if you got the diesel section 99-2003 there a alot of post there on this
 
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