Re: Is that a good habit?

["Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@snetel.com>]

On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Albert Ng wrote:

> selector to the N position to reduce the stress and temperature of the 
> tranny fluid, and extened the life of the tranny.<< 
> 
> So that sounds pretty good, but is that really wroks?? Will it hurt the 
> tranny if always switching between N & D? 
> 

You know.. I often thought about that. I had a friend that had a Toyota 
somethingoranother with an auto, and every stop light he would put it in 
Neutral. It seemed to me that there would be more wear and tear on the 
valving and U joints/CV joints than just leaving it. Dont you know, the 
tranny had to be replaced twice within 65K? After all, isnt that what 
torque converters are for???
I drove my old MB 220D well over 300K driving it the 'normal' way, and 
never any tranny problems. (although I was putting 50hp through a tranny 
that was made for 300 too!

Bob
PS, Im glad to say that was the ONLY Auto tranny Ive ever owned.



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