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From : chris deault

Q: well will one of you folks please explain to me why it is that these supposedly super traction fwd cars are on their roof as regularly as they are roy i think i know. the vehicles were being driven backwards at the time. this way then they would be classified as rear wheel drive. being a rear wheel drive you are to lose control more then a fwd. hope this answers your question roy dale .

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From : chris behrensfmb

im not really all that handy when it comes to working on vehicles so forgive me for asking dumb questions here i go...... is there a risk of damage to the tranny if the fluid is a little cold and thick while running in overdrive it would seem to me that as long as its getting lubed and kept cool it would be relatively safe.we are averaging -30c/-22f in dec-jan.running 2 months with no overdrive just seems like ....some real dumb engineering. regardless of the fact it mentions it in the owners manual that really doesnt justify the headache. im would tampering with the temp sensor be all that risky in cold winter months p.s. i tried all sorts of trick to get it to run in overdrive once on route nothing worked. it seemes that once the trip started and i got into overdrive early it stayed there.if i stopped for gas on the highway i was screwed. too bad you couldnt have a bypass switch in the winter for that temp sensor.....or could you ok you guys here is what i did dunb or knot!! i have a 94 2500. the trany temp sensor is on the trany cooler line by the trany. it looks like a pres sensor screwed into about an 11/16 deep nut welded to the cooler line. just pull the wires off and insert a 6800 ohm 1 watt resistor across the wires. this will tell the computer that the trany oil is about 130 deg. and it will shift into overdrive and lock-up. but you will loose the over temp indicator for the trany cause you tricked it. you have no trany temp sensing now.i did this because mine would not shift for several miles in the winter and i have a real problem with spinning the shit out of a cold engine. i would rather ease off and waite untill the water temp comes up to the start of the normal arc befor i get on it than to run about 5 miles at 2200 rpm on a cold motor. i also will not pull anything until the water temp is in the normal arc. this has to be putting some extra presures in the system or dodge would not have elected to lock it out until it is warm. i have 189000 miles on the truck with over 160000 of them with this mod done to it and still on the original trany. but i only pull a 35 5er a 30 2 horse/living qrts gooseneck and accasionally a case 450c dozer with it but it is a dodge not a ford. .

From : chris deault

he didnt say he wanted the brightest he said the bluest. he just wants his headlights to match himself not the brightest politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .