L is a hold in low or first gear, except I believe if you go fast enough the governor will force a shift to second. 1 is the equivelant of drive in modern cars, shift is 1-2-3. 2 is a start in 2 shift to 3, usefull on level or downhill starts. [Equivilant toi D is just there to tell you that the normal drive position is either the D1 or D2 position. D1 should give you the best all around driveablility in hill areas. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Joe Smith <know_ware@xxxxxxxxx> > I am somewhat embarassed to ask this question, but... > In all my years of driving automatics, I have never really payed any attention > to the PNR2D1L. Yesterday while driving on a slightly hilly road with lots of > stop sighns (pun intended), I discovered that my 63 drove much better in Low. > In fact, when I am on surface streets, with lots of stop and go, it drives a > whole lot better in Low. I always thought Low was for towing stuff, and I don't > have a clue what the difference is between 2D1. Can someone remove my ignorance > and explain exactly what 2D1L are used for and when. Is the reason my 63 > American drives better in stop and go traffic because I have 205R75-15's instead > of 165-15's? Should I swap tires? > Thanks, > Joe > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080620/3b54604e/attachm > ent.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list
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