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Old 07-30-2012, 10:02 PM
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Od is over drive on your transmission
Old 07-30-2012, 10:03 PM
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On my next day off im going to look into cleaning those never done it before so gonna need to look it up
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The button on the gear shift is to turn it off if you are towing
Old 07-30-2012, 10:10 PM
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O okay cool ill have it on then I always keep it off since I didn't kno what it did
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correct me if im wrong but OD is just another gear above high gear. You should leave it on unless your going to be going up and down a lot of hilly terrain because it will cause extra shifting that is unecessary.
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Originally Posted by raythom1
O okay cool ill have it on then I always keep it off since I didn't kno what it did
Just to clarify pressing the button turns overdrive off.
Old 07-31-2012, 11:09 AM
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Well when I bought the truck it has a aftetmarket instrument cluster so when the light is on does that mean its on
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i know on mine i have the original little display in the bottom right and if the OD is off the in says o/d off in little letters. i would assume if its lit up then it is off
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Ty that makes sense I just had to rebuild my tranny I wonder if me not clicking that switch had something to do with me pulling trailer and not having it off hmmm....



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