What the ideal speed to put into Overdrive ?
I put my T-Bird into OD at 70-80 Kms and drop it back to Drive at 50kms
keep it in D when in the city and on hills regardless the speed.
Any thoughts on how you use yours ?
I've always just put it in OD and forgotten about it
They kick into O/D around 45mph.
In stock form with highway gears, yes. I have mine set up right now to go into O/D @ an indicated 53 MPH at very little to zero throttle input (and yes; my speedo is accurate).
In stock guise I used to keep it in D on roads that had traffic lights with a speed of 50 MPH or less. Annoying to hit O/D only to have to hit the brakes so I opted to keep it off.
The way I have the car set up now I don't have to worry about it so much. 55 MPH means I'm on a parkway/expressway be me so.....
I use D in city driving and Bump it into OD when getting on highway. I have 3.73 gears
In every Ford AOD or 4R70W I've had, I always us D unless I'm going to be over 45mph for at least a couple of minutes. All the OD band stories scare me. Lol
Due to having an epoxy mod valve body in my Thunderbird I use OD all the time. I do have a 2" OD band and an A+ OD servo so it really doesn't matter. My Mark VII has a stock AOD and I usually drive around in D and only shift to OD if I'm going to be going faster than 45 for an extended period of time.
I leave it in od on the shifter and hit the 42mph to enguage od whenever possible. generally in 40-45mph speed zones.
I've never driven in D...I've had many AODs and never had a problem with any, even hauling stuff up steep hills with a loaded work truck
You are both doing it correctly. ;)
The factory OD band is the weakest so anytime you can "save" it is a good thing.
When I had the stock AOD, I never put it in "d". I always drove in "OD". That being said most of the miles on my car were highway. The AOD went almost 190k before I swapped the T-5 in and was still working fine.
A blown aod is a good reason to drop in the t-5 you always wanted...
honestly, my first car i blew the trans on wheny tv cable clip.broke around 250k miles. every other aod I've had was either already toasted when i bought it, or didn't give me any trouble the whole time I've owned.the.car.