Cold Weather Shifting After a spell of wind chill in the 50s down here, I noticed no amount of double clutching or rpm modulation would prevent gears grinding until the trans warmed up. Is this typical for running As up north during serious cold ? If so, what is a good shifting technique until the trans limbers up and shifting returns to normal ?
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting What are you running in the tranny for lube??
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting Had this happen a couple of times up here in Tacoma. I found just letting the car warm up before heading out works. Like 20 minutes or so.
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting The lube is stiff and will stop the spinning gears quickly, so shift quicker and at lower speeds.
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Shift quick, don't double clutch the upshifts until the oil warms up. Thats the way I did it when it was 10 outside and I only let the engine warm up for a few minutes. Edit: Jack beat me to it |
Re: Cold Weather Shifting Drive in low gear at a slower than normal speed, the colder it is the long time is need to get the 600w oil to flow. When I was driving my A daily and the temperature was 0* I could not put the shifter in to gear because the oil was so stiff. I learned to put the shifter in to the gear I was going to leave in or it would take two hands to move the gear shift.
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting Below freezing it takes some effort to move the shifter, steady pressure instead of forcing, then I go a block or two in first, after that I drive normally---(shell Omaha 680 gear oil)--- in the owners instruction book there are suggestions of thinning the oil with kerosene for cold operations--- I don't, have found the short time in first loosening it up enough---
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warrene in Minnesota where it can be 30 below shifting. |
Re: Cold Weather Shifting Oh no not another discussion on proper lube!!!
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting Up here in Washington State, it gets cold but admittedly not as cold as the midwest! I noticed right off in the winter that it takes a mile or two for the transmission to warm up. Yes, when cold definitely faster shifts at lower rpm, otherwise a need for double clutching or grinding.
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting A friend recommended putting about 50% STP with 80/90 regular gear oil in the tranny to aid in shifting. Comments?
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Re: Cold Weather Shifting You can take a look to my first posting of this thread..... and if you have time you can read the rest.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272671 |
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