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why does the 1991 Lincoln towncars transmission not have overdrive?Instead of going into overdrive it seems to go into neutral.But if you take it out of overdrive and leave it in drive it never goes into neutral while I'm driving.
The car isn't necessarily shifting into neutral its just staying in a lower gear and not shifting to the next gear, check your transmission fluid.
It's not shifting into neutral, the 3rd gear "drive" band is slipping. Time for rebuild.
The 1993 Suzuki neutral safety switch is located on the top of the transmission. You can access the switch through the shifting console.
Electric? Put transmission into neutral prior to shifting into 4wd Low
This is a similar problem I had with my '91 Lumina APV. The problem I had was the transmission overdrive lockout switch. These trannies use an electro-hydraulic lockout switch to hold them in overdrive, but if the switch is malfunctioning it won't allow the transmission to downshift, so when you come to a stop the car stays in gear stalling out the engine. It's like stopping without using the clutch and not down shifting in a manual transmission car. The interim remedy for mine was to disconnect the switch from the transmission, then I sold the vehicle to escape the costly trans repair. Disconnecting the switch keeps the trans from shifting into overdrive, so you wouldn't want to do a lot of highway driving with the switch disconnected. Good luck!
On the four speed automatic, it is inside the transmission on the valve body. On the three speed, it is on the front of the transmission case.
my tranny sometimes goes in neutral
If your pressing your brake when shifting it could be the neutral and park sensor. Or the linkage. If its the linkage you might have problems with your transmission slipping and shifting by its self or into certain positions easyly than others.
The O/D off light comes on in your gauge cluster if the overdrive for your transmission has been turned off. The switch that controls your overdrive (able/ disable) feature is on the end of your transmission gear selector lever (Park/reverse/ neutral etc) Just push the switch to allow overdrive or the next time the Explorer is shut off and then started, it normally allows the overdrive feature .
The neutral safety switch is located, on your 2004 Chevrolet envoy, on the side of the transmission next to the shifting linkage. The safety switch also has a fuse in the fuse box.
Not required. In an auto transmission the gear is at its lowest when the brake is engaged and uses the same amount of fuel as in neutral. In manual transmission, I have seen few people shifting to neutral but again it is not required, you may put it at the lowest gear and keep your brake and clutch engaged while at stop light.