automatic transmission shifting procedure
Just checking my methodology to see if "all" agrees. I am towing a 5000 lb TT with a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer with the 5.3 vortex v8. I tow in 3rd. When going up a steep hill, I wait until the comput...
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As far as my transmission needing checking, I've towed this TT for over 40,000 miles now, so I'd think if it was going to die, it would have long ago given up the ghost.
I am glad I posted because PUCampin seems to know his stuff and I think the "drop into 2nd when I hit 3200" seems logical. I'll have to see what 3200 in 3rd equates to MPH. As far as folks thinking you never need to go to 1st, I suggest you pull the grades from Hot Springs NC over to Walnut NC, and see if you can do that without overriding the computer and manually downshifting. That is 9% on both sides of those two hills. With the new info (3200 rpm) maybe I can make it over while still in 2nd. Will test that idea in the coming week.
I am over 8000 miles on this trip out west through TX, NM, CO, UT, WY and then driving like hell to dodge the NE and SD and MN hail and tornadoes. Hail busted out all my vents in Colorado Springs. Yay. Currently in Indiana, trying to get back home to Fort Pierce, FL.
I am glad I posted because PUCampin seems to know his stuff and I think the "drop into 2nd when I hit 3200" seems logical. I'll have to see what 3200 in 3rd equates to MPH. As far as folks thinking you never need to go to 1st, I suggest you pull the grades from Hot Springs NC over to Walnut NC, and see if you can do that without overriding the computer and manually downshifting. That is 9% on both sides of those two hills. With the new info (3200 rpm) maybe I can make it over while still in 2nd. Will test that idea in the coming week.
I am over 8000 miles on this trip out west through TX, NM, CO, UT, WY and then driving like hell to dodge the NE and SD and MN hail and tornadoes. Hail busted out all my vents in Colorado Springs. Yay. Currently in Indiana, trying to get back home to Fort Pierce, FL.
