Tystevens wrote:
Funny, I 'thought' I knew what locking out the gears is, but after reading this thread I'm more confused than enlightened.
In a word: Why?
"Locking out" simply means preventing the transmission from shifting into a particular gear. Nothing in this thread contradicts/confuses that.
Different manufacturers at different times have used many different methods to achieve this. Some transmissions "3,2,1" positions would lock the transmission into that specific gear, and prevent any shifting at all. Some transmissions "3,2,1" positions would only allow the transmission to shift UP TO that gear. Some transmissions have a specific button to "lock out" or disable over drive.
The methods are varied, but the end result is the same.
