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myredracer
Explorer II
Aug 04, 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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coolbreeze01
Explorer
Aug 05, 2014
I don't call it locking out, I call it downshifting as needed. My understanding is my 68rfe torque converter will lock-up down to 3rd gear.

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