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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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spud1957
Explorer
Aug 05, 2014
The '09 5 speed does not allow you to lock out 5th and only go up the 4th. Moving the gearshift to 4th isn't an option either. Your gearshift options go from D to 3.....

Not the perfect set up. If you want, you can get an SCT tuner from 5Star Tuning that can be customized to lock out 5th if you press tow haul.

One of the options I love about my '11; lock 6th, 5th, or select manual and shift it yourself.

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