Fordzilla80
Ranger Lariat
I feel dumb, but how do you do use overdrive? Nothing i've ever driven has had manual overdrive, so the overdrive on the Ranger is new to me.
The reason I'm asking is because I had a scare today. I was coming home from school, and the O/D Off light started flashing at about 50 mph. Then, the transmission started shifting hard. I got pretty pissed, but was able to make it home. Anyways, I researched, and it seems this was a common problem, and meant transmission failure. I got even more pissed, but decided it'd be smarter to calm down. I went out to the truck and started it back up, and the light was off. I took it back out for a drive, and the light didn't come back on, and the truck shifted fine. So I thought about it, and when I played with the O/D button on the shift lever, the O/D Off light came on, but it wasn't flashing. So, were my problems caused by the transmission being in overdrive? I'm kinda thinking the flashing O/D light was either telling me to shut the O/D off or On for the conditions I was driving.
So basically, when is the best time to use overdrive? Do I have to use overdrive? Is the 5R44E an automatic overdrive unit?
Thanks for any help. I'm really ignorant when it comes to overdrive, so you might have to explain it in simple terms for me. Thanks!
The reason I'm asking is because I had a scare today. I was coming home from school, and the O/D Off light started flashing at about 50 mph. Then, the transmission started shifting hard. I got pretty pissed, but was able to make it home. Anyways, I researched, and it seems this was a common problem, and meant transmission failure. I got even more pissed, but decided it'd be smarter to calm down. I went out to the truck and started it back up, and the light was off. I took it back out for a drive, and the light didn't come back on, and the truck shifted fine. So I thought about it, and when I played with the O/D button on the shift lever, the O/D Off light came on, but it wasn't flashing. So, were my problems caused by the transmission being in overdrive? I'm kinda thinking the flashing O/D light was either telling me to shut the O/D off or On for the conditions I was driving.
So basically, when is the best time to use overdrive? Do I have to use overdrive? Is the 5R44E an automatic overdrive unit?
Thanks for any help. I'm really ignorant when it comes to overdrive, so you might have to explain it in simple terms for me. Thanks!