New E450 with tow/haul question
My old Winnebago E350 4R100 had overdrive and I would turn it off when climbing a steep grade or go down a long grade for braking. What's the difference with the Tow/Haul on the 5 speed. Same usage?...
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My 2005 Itasca motorhome (it's 2005 Ford E450 chassis built in the fall of 2004) definitely had, and now still has, an 5R110 transmission in it - per the mechanics who recently installed a remanufactured 5R110 (with heavy duty options) in it. I have a Tow/Haul button on the end of the gear shift with a little white light that comes on when the button is depressed ... and it's labeled as "Tow/Haul". So .... Ford E450 chassis (I don't know about Ford E350 chassis) intended to be sold as "2005" chassis had the 6 computer available ratios TorqShift transmission in them .... or at least mine did.
When I pull away from a stop it shifts 3 times fairly quickly and as I start moving up to highway speeds it shifts a couple of more times. I call this "five speeds" .... or "five gear ratios" .... that my 5R110 goes through each time I come up to speed.
I can feel it's 1-2-3-5-6 gear ratio changes all the time. I haven't driven yet in cold enough weather so as to feel it's 1-2-3-4-6 gear ratio changes.
I can't imagine how the more recent "six speed" Ford E450 tranmisson would feel/shift any different to me - other than me feeling the individual 1-2-3-4-5-6 six shift points instead of my current five shift points. I consider moving in to, or out of Overdrive as a "shift point" .... because this is in fact a change in overall gearing ratio.
Read the various Ford enthusiast's discussions in their forums about the 5R110 TorqShift transmission. It will be cystal clear then about the 5R110 TorqShift being a 6-internal-ratio automatic transmission .... but with only five (1-2-3-5-6) shift points being felt by the driver in moderate or hot weather and with only the other group of five (1-2-3-4-6) shift points being felt by the driver in cold weather.
It seems crystal clear to me what is going on with 5R110 gearing ratios. Perhaps some folks have a problem with calling it a "shift point" when a transmission moves in to, or out of, Overdrive?
When I pull away from a stop it shifts 3 times fairly quickly and as I start moving up to highway speeds it shifts a couple of more times. I call this "five speeds" .... or "five gear ratios" .... that my 5R110 goes through each time I come up to speed.
I can feel it's 1-2-3-5-6 gear ratio changes all the time. I haven't driven yet in cold enough weather so as to feel it's 1-2-3-4-6 gear ratio changes.
I can't imagine how the more recent "six speed" Ford E450 tranmisson would feel/shift any different to me - other than me feeling the individual 1-2-3-4-5-6 six shift points instead of my current five shift points. I consider moving in to, or out of Overdrive as a "shift point" .... because this is in fact a change in overall gearing ratio.
Read the various Ford enthusiast's discussions in their forums about the 5R110 TorqShift transmission. It will be cystal clear then about the 5R110 TorqShift being a 6-internal-ratio automatic transmission .... but with only five (1-2-3-5-6) shift points being felt by the driver in moderate or hot weather and with only the other group of five (1-2-3-4-6) shift points being felt by the driver in cold weather.
It seems crystal clear to me what is going on with 5R110 gearing ratios. Perhaps some folks have a problem with calling it a "shift point" when a transmission moves in to, or out of, Overdrive?
