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Old 12-02-2004, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 82-300td
Yes, it WILL prolong the life of the tranny. But it WILL kill your flexdiscs in short order (Mine self-distructed less than a year after I disconnected vacuum.)


Yeah it runs full line pressure at low throttle... not what you want. That gives you bumps/excessively firm shifts at low throttle.

You want line pressure to increase as throttle does (vac drops) to prevent slippage of the clutches under load.
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