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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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Yankee_Clipper
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Jul 21, 2014
First and foremost, believe your instruments. Going on steep grades without O/D control is not safe, it just leaves your brakes. Free advice: never go down a grade faster than you went up it.
Another snippet: service the tranny every 20K miles or so. I have the shop drain the torque converter, too.
I have not had this happen to my rig over the last 8 years, but would get into a shop ASAP.

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