Do I have no overdrive?
Hey there I just bought my ranger a couple days ago down in Florida. I drove it up to Norfolk,Va where I live now and on the high way I noticed its not geared right. Its a 2006 3.0 with a 5 speed. When I'm going 65mph i'm already at 2500 rpm. I didnt want to take it over 2500 rpm i figured it would be hard on the engine to going 3k for 700 miles. My question is what the heck? Did ford just save a buck by not giving me an overdrive?
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If it wasn't designed to be driven over 2500rpm, it wouldn't go any higher than that. 5th gear is OD. Sounds perfectly normal to me.
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So your saying not to go over 65 mph? I'm no speed demon but i like to be able to at least go the speed limit.
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At 70 mph I'm tacking about 2600 rpms...your truck is fine. I have the 4.0l 4X4 5 speed auto. Do about 60-63 and you'll get good gas mileage.
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My ole girl trucks around at 80mph at 3k no prob.....I was riding at 70mph in 4th gear for some extra power and it was still around 3k.
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You'll be fine. Hell, my Mazda6 sits at about 3k at 75mph.
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Not to high jack the thread.....but anyone know why my truck has the O/D spot on my dash, but no way to engage, disengage O/D? Why even put it there if driver has no control over it?
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the OD on/off button is on the end of the shifter lever if you have an auto trans. |
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I have a manual trans and have looked everywhere I could think of......
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if you have a 5-speed 5th gear is your overdrive...... ford uses the same dash panel for several different years of rangers and some exploders.....
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You disengage your OD by shifting from 5 to 4.........
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That makes sense....thanks. I has just never lit up and I replaced all of the dashlights when I first bought the truck.
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