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Old Fri, August 14th, 2009, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by JackandJanet View Post
Not trying to hijack this thread, but Sburn, have you noticed that the TC will remain locked when you're coasting downhill with the cruise control on? (At least mine does). So it attempts to hold the speed in this situation. Tap the brake (releasing the cruise control) and the TC immediately unlocks.

Wonder if the diesel strategy is the same?

- Jack
Jack, that's exactly what happens in cruise.

Other thing I've noticed it that, under certain conditions, the trans will go from 4th unlocked to 3rd locked instead of the more usual 4th unlocked -> 3rd unlocked. Condition seems to be: long uphill, no cruise, 50+ MPH. Key thing might be time under a certain load. It does not behave that way on my daily commute going up the same percentage grade on a somewhat short grade. But out on the Interstate, where that percentage grade might go on for miles, it will do the 4th-U - > 3rd-L shift. Some flavor of TFT control, perhaps?

As for thread hijacking, I get the impression that Cody knows his transmission stuff cold ans seems happy enough to talk about it with us.
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