Why do you Cummins guys want more gears
I’ve heard a number of Cummins fans saying they are waiting for an 8 or 10 speed transmission before getting a new truck. Why? Does the Cummins struggle to get your trailer moving from a stop? Or are ...
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Super_Dave wrote:
In my truck, 2nd to 3rd is very abrupt and slams. I have envisioned that more gears would mean smoother transitions between gears.
It would certainly mean smaller rpm transitions between gears.
But someone at the Chrysler Group should have lost their job in the early 2000s for allowing the Cummins powered trucks to still be saddled with a 4 speed auto trans until 2007...
And by the same token, taken out and flogged for allowing the 68rfe to live for more than a couple years behind the same engine.
