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Originally Posted by vstech
could this explain why my 82 SD holds a hill but my 83 does not??? the transmission was rebuilt in my 82, and lots of pistons and parts were replaced, perhaps it sits in 1st at the light? it's also the fastest to 60 diesel I've got, less than 10 seconds... any possibility that's the issue? I can't drive the car for another month or so to see if it's doing the 2nd-1st-2nd... thing
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If you are referring to "holding a hill" at idle, you might be correct.
It should not sit in 1st at a light. It sits in 2nd until you just barely press on the pedal...........then it goes 2-1.
I have found that the SD can hold just about any hill in second...........idling at about 750 rpm. I cannot recall any hill whereby it rolled backward............then again, we don't have any serious hills here.
You also might have the Bowden cable too tight on the '82. If so, the trans thinks that you've already pressed the pedal slightly and will give you first gear. Check under the hood and look at the linkage. Push the linkage ever so slightly. The Bowden cable will move but the linkage to the IP will not. It's very interesting.
None of this has any effect on the 0-60 time.