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Geocritter
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Jul 18, 2014

My Ford E40D transmission won’t shift out of overdrive

I have a question about my transmission. My 1994 Ford 460 V8 powered Holiday Rambler has an F53 chassis and uses an E40D transmission. I just drove my RV from Chiloquin OR to Port Angeles WA and cross...
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frankdamp
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Jul 20, 2014
Why do you think you're smarter than the engineers at Ford who programmed the transmission computer? Just leave it "Drive" and let the computer figure it out. Th transmission isn't really an "overdrive", but merely a 4-speed with a higher than usual fourth gear.

Just leave it be - the computer will figure things out better than you can.

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