timewarped1972 said:
here's my question though, even in od, when it's floored it should not shift into od it should stay in 3rd..........question is, you can hold forst all you want, then shift to second, if you want it to go into 3rd before it shifts itself what would you do shift it to od??? would that shift it manully from 2nd to 3rd and as long as it's floored it should'nt go into od right??? i havent tried it because i didnt want to risk it......i ask because if your shift point for second was maybe higher than you wanted or needed, then you'd need to manually shift it to third, which i assume would be clicking it to the od slot, providing it's floored..........if that makes any sense....
someone said to hold 2nd they waited for it to shift into second, then hold that till 3rd, is that different than the 1 d 1 shuffle because your using it to hold 2nd not 1st???
i dont think mine will do that because its got the transgo, if i shift it to first, to first it goes.........i guess theres ways of doing it with or with out the shift kit......god i'm confused now, time for a t-5, lol
That's true. At WOT, even with the shifter in OD, it should never go to overdrive. The band cannot handle 300-ftlbs or torque so ford made it impossible to go WOT in OD. It will always kick down. This is tricky for guys with gears like 3.73's or 4.10s because 3rd gear will top out around 105-110MPH. If you are crusing at 120MPH and floor it, it will force a kickdown into 3rd and you'll bounce off the rev limiter. Kinda sucks, but just get used to it. There are shift kits that will override this and allow you to go WOT in OD, but trust me you don't want that. OD is NOT A GEAR! It's a band!
The way the drive gears are set up is like this
OD
D
1
You can change this to
OD = 4
D = 3
1 = 1
There is no position for 2nd gear. So you need to understand how the shifting works to take advantage of the ability to hold gears. Technically, you can hold EVERY gear except OD on the AOD.
To hold 1, just put it in 1. You can drive around in 1st gear all day. Keep in mind, the OD band is slipping this entire time so it will build heat. Try to keep this to a minimum.
Now if you want to hold 2nd, you gotta get on it (doesn't need to be WOT, but had to be under load) and when the trans shifts to 2nd, back the shifter down to 1. You don't need to be WOT, but keep the RPMS up. If you slow down too much, the trans will downshift back to 1 again. The AOD will never downshift a gear into 1st unless it safe to do so.
Now with the shifter in 1 riding around holding 2nd, say you want to shift to 3rd. Just click it to D and it goes to 3rd. Simple as that.
Now as for downshifting, it's pretty easy. Just slam the shifter into 1 and floor it. The AOD will downshift to the best gear automatically. Say you are at 50MPH in D in 3rd gear. Click the shifter to 1 and it will drop to 2nd gear.
Now say you are at 35MPH in 3rd gear in D. Sometimes if you floor it here, the trans will only shift to 2nd gear and the car will seem to struggle to accelerate. Now if you do this again but back the shifter to 1 at the wame time you floor it, the trans will kickdown to 1st gear and off you go. WHen it's time to shift to 2nd, kick it up to D. The trans shifts to 2nd and now you can back the shifter to 1 again to hold the gear.
The only time you don't want to slam the shifter in 1 is if you are winding out 3rd gear. If you slam it to 1 it will downshift to 2nd but into a possible overrev. Make sure you will not overrev 2nd when you do this. Like i said before though, the trans will not go to 1st unless it's safe.
Of course all this is considered "beating" on the AOD. But like i said, i've done all of this every day on my AOD for the last 6 years and 50,000 miles. I now have over 100K miles on my AOD and it's never been rebuilt.
