exaust brake and downshifting

rhagfo wrote:
I just flick the shifter mounted PacBrake switch. If necessary I depress the clutch and drop a gear. :B

Oh, you must be talking the newer fancy diesels. :S

Lol yeah! Truck stays wherever it put it.......
I do like the new fancy transmissions that act almost as good as an Allison though!
And a built in turbo brake woulda saved me $1400.....

Having owned both D/A equipped Chevys and Ram Cummins/Aisin... The Aisin tranny is everything the Allison is, and possibly more... One doesn't have anything on the other. Until you have owned both, and towed heavy with both, you really can't knock on one over the other, or play one down....

Grit dog wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
I just flick the shifter mounted PacBrake switch. If necessary I depress the clutch and drop a gear. :B

Oh, you must be talking the newer fancy diesels. :S

Lol yeah! Truck stays wherever it put it.......
I do like the new fancy transmissions that act almost as good as an Allison though!
And a built in turbo brake woulda saved me $1400.....

Yep, my truck works very similar, except the exhaust brake switch is on the dash. Oh, and the exhaust brake works perfectly in first gear, too! ;)

blofgren wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
I just flick the shifter mounted PacBrake switch. If necessary I depress the clutch and drop a gear. :B

Oh, you must be talking the newer fancy diesels. :S

Lol yeah! Truck stays wherever it put it.......
I do like the new fancy transmissions that act almost as good as an Allison though!
And a built in turbo brake woulda saved me $1400.....

Yep, my truck works very similar, except the exhaust brake switch is on the dash. Oh, and the exhaust brake works perfectly in first gear, too! ;)

All bs aside, while I really like towing with my G56 truck, I've run all of the big 3s trucks in auto trans form in the last 20 years and I'd take any of the newer 6 speed autos over the handshakes for all around driving without complaining.

Grit dog wrote:

blofgren wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
I just flick the shifter mounted PacBrake switch. If necessary I depress the clutch and drop a gear. :B

Oh, you must be talking the newer fancy diesels. :S

Lol yeah! Truck stays wherever it put it.......
I do like the new fancy transmissions that act almost as good as an Allison though!
And a built in turbo brake woulda saved me $1400.....

Yep, my truck works very similar, except the exhaust brake switch is on the dash. Oh, and the exhaust brake works perfectly in first gear, too! ;)

All bs aside, while I really like towing with my G56 truck, I've run all of the big 3s trucks in auto trans form in the last 20 years and I'd take any of the newer 6 speed autos over the handshakes for all around driving without complaining.

I guess I just don't give it a lot of thought any more. Daily drive this rig through town. I have given serious thought to doing a G56 swap for the NV4500, that extra gear would fill the big hole between 3rd and 4th. That would be the perfect back up for the Valair Double Disk clutch.

rhagfo wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

blofgren wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
I just flick the shifter mounted PacBrake switch. If necessary I depress the clutch and drop a gear. :B

Oh, you must be talking the newer fancy diesels. :S

Lol yeah! Truck stays wherever it put it.......
I do like the new fancy transmissions that act almost as good as an Allison though!
And a built in turbo brake woulda saved me $1400.....

Yep, my truck works very similar, except the exhaust brake switch is on the dash. Oh, and the exhaust brake works perfectly in first gear, too! ;)

All bs aside, while I really like towing with my G56 truck, I've run all of the big 3s trucks in auto trans form in the last 20 years and I'd take any of the newer 6 speed autos over the handshakes for all around driving without complaining.

I guess I just don't give it a lot of thought any more. Daily drive this rig through town. I have given serious thought to doing a G56 swap for the NV4500, that extra gear would fill the big hole between 3rd and 4th. That would be the perfect back up for the Valair Double Disk clutch.

I don't either, of course it's not my DD. Was the wife's DD until a few yrs ago when we moved to Seattle. Took a cpl months of her lugging that handshaker thru stop n go traffic and she said find me an auto trans! I tend to agree after sitting on I 5 for an hour in and out of 1-3rd gear 500 times with a 3500# clutch!
Driving thru town, to the store, occasional traffic jam, not bad. Daily rush hour traffic is not the right place though.
And as much as I like manual trans, I only sought out this one cause the Dodge 48re of the time sucked IMO as a towing trans. If I could of backed the Cummins in my Mega with an Alli 1000 in 2007, it would not be a stick shift truck!

I realize this is a bit off topic, but do all the Ram diesel's have the Aisin transmission or just certain one's? Thanks.

salem wrote:
I realize this is a bit off topic, but do all the Ram diesel's have the Aisin transmission or just certain one's? Thanks.

The Ram 2500 diesel models use a Chrysler 68RFE 6-speed transmission.

whjco: Thanks. To your knowledge, is that a well thought of transmission? Also, which trucks have the Aisin? In case you're wondering, I'm sorta kinda looking to trade my '05 Chevy D/A and have been admiring the Rams.

my Ram 3500 gave me an option for the Aisin also
not sure if available for 2500