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myredracer
Explorer II
Aug 05, 2014

Pardon my thickness but what is locking out gears

in a transmission all about? What is involved to do it? I don't even know if our '09 F250 can do it. We have a V-10 with 4.1 final drive, rated to tow 12,500 lbs and tow a 29' TT weighing about 7K l...
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bid_time
Nomad III
Aug 05, 2014
Overdrive is not the same as Torque Converter Lockup. Overdrive is a gear with a higher than 1:1 ratio. Locking out a gear simply means it's a gear you don't allow your transmission to shift into. It's normally done with the gear selector lever.

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