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Originally Posted by 240Dog
Oh no, not you again with your 5-spd 240's...... What you're sayin never occurred to me but you might be right it was designed to accomodate those who have no interest whatsoever in feathering the pedal manually in between shifting gears.
Dang it saddens me to reconnoitre that matching engine rpm to driveshaft speed and walkin the tranny through shifts, say especially while floating straight-cut gears of trucks'n operating tractors in general has become a lost art.
But then evolution of automobiles points to deliberately removing the driver from the driving experience, dont it?
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LOL...I think when the engineers in the father land were designing these cars and trying to improve them they were looking at a market beyond crusty ol, gear jammen truck drivers.
We're lucky to have a fairly heavy and solid diesel car available with a manual tranny. Lots of manual, light weight, rice burners out there tho.
When I was in high school I had a "53"Oldsmobile "Rocket 88" with a 3 spd, manual tranny, the 240s kinda remind me of that car except for the HP
I wonder if that short piece of linkage in back of the IP could be subsituted for the little shock.
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug
"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"