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From: tackett@wivax.UUCP (Raymond Tackett)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Ford transmissions
Message-ID: <19578@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 2-Jun-84 11:11:02 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  2 11:11:02 1984
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A mildly incendiary comment on the difficulty of getting out of Park
on a hill:

If you are too dumb to set the parking brake on a hill and to set it
BEFORE shifting to Park, you are expecting one lousy gear tooth (called
the parking pawl) to hold the entire weight of the vehicle suspended until
you get back.  OF COURSE you have a problem pulling the poor little thing
out of the gears after that kind of abuse.

If the parking pawl breaks, your car is loose.  Anyone who is careless
enough to omit the parking brake probably didn't set his wheels to steer
into the curb, either.  That sort of stupidity will cost you a big fine
in San Francisco, where they do not underestimate the gravity of the situation.

P.S.  Some automatics (Ford, I think) were designed to pop out of Park
      intentionally if the car was struck at over 5MPH.  This saves the
      parking pawl from damage, but turns the car loose.  


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