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Old 09.20.2008
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With some good advice from some members in here, my shifting has improved dramatically. I can shift up through the gears without the clutch, but the most of all my downshifting last night was much better. I watched my RPM's and speed, and I was able to downshift much better. Before I was having a pain finding 8th, last night I got it. Coming into the toll on the Mass Pike I was able to DS to 9th and then 8th. I did this several other times fairly smoothly. Pulling into the terminal, I shifted to 8th, then 7th, finally when in the lot I dropped it to 4th. So thanks to grizzly and rockee for their advice!!
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Dunno if I posted when you asked for help but one thing that helped me at first was I down shifted every gear.. gave me plenty of practice and allowed me to find the exact spot on the speedo I needed for each gear
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Dunno if I posted when you asked for help but one thing that helped me at first was I down shifted every gear.. gave me plenty of practice and allowed me to find the exact spot on the speedo I needed for each gear
Thats what I was doing with the tolls and exits, going from 10th-9th-8th and sometimes 7th. One thing I have to do is not be so quick to put it into gear. I rev up the RPM's to about 2000 and right away try down shifting to the next gear.
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Thats what I was doing with the tolls and exits, going from 10th-9th-8th and sometimes 7th. One thing I have to do is not be so quick to put it into gear. I rev up the RPM's to about 2000 and right away try down shifting to the next gear.
A simple tug to get it between gears, then a light pull against the next gear (not enough to grind) while bringing the rpm's up will work wonders.

The only time I bother to look at the tach, is on hills. Due to the rev/speed limiter on our trucks. A 10-9 shift will fall flat on my truck, if I try to downshift prior to the tach hitting 1200 rpm in 10th.
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a simple one (put it into neutral) two (put it in gear) count should work.
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My trainer taught me get 'er out( into neutral) get'er up( bump up rpms) and get'er in (into lower gear) when downshifting. Although it sounds a little risque, I never forgot it when I was downshifting.
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