Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!tackett 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 Article-I.D.: wivax.19578 Posted: Sat Jun 2 11:11:02 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jun-84 03:51:42 EDT References: <863@druxm.UUCP>, <367@tty3b.UUCP> Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma. 01879 Lines: 23 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. -- Random Access is IMMORAL! Ray Tackett