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Kickdown on the transmission [message #281085] Tue, 30 June 2015 14:10 Go to previous message
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Just got back from a successful trip to the foothills of the NJ Skylands. On the way up the GPS took me on a route that had me making a sharp right turn onto a steep hill. I was scared for a second that without any momentum I would not make it up. I was just creeping at a 5 or 10 mph with my foot floored. I shifted the the gear selector into the lowest setting and it went down to first and the coach picked up speed and climbed the hill.

How should a coach react in a situation like that. I assumed that will my foot floored I'd hit a kick down switch and it would go into first. Thanks for the advice.



Dan DeLuca 1978 Eleganza II (http://imgur.com/gallery/YFHhK) Parked at Evil Monkey Farm in Allentown, New Jersey
 
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