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transmission overdrive switch 740-760 85

posted by  someone claiming to be Larry Ayres on  Sun Jun 14 16:46 CST 1998 [RELATED]

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The overdrive on my 85 740 Turbo engages fine at around 40MPH but fails to

reliably disengage when decelerating. If I manually turn it off, at around 35mph

all is fine. If I don't it seems to disengage just as you come to a stop with

a loud clunk, sometimes. Usually this happens when it's hot outside. I have just changed the transmission fluid. There is little info in my Haynes manual, but I

undertand that there is a switch on the tranny that should make sure that the

overdrive is only engaged in top gear. Is this true, and could this be the problem ? What are the usual symptoms of this switch failing ?





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posted by  someone claiming to be Larry Ayres  on Sun Jun 14 16:46 CST 1998 >


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