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Now that I have your attention, I think I finally figured out that what I once thought was a fifth gear, and a very short, unusually rapid shifting of gears from third to fourth to fifth, is actually the torque converter lock up, :banghead:, on my AW4 (the FAQ here says I have an AW4,.... 1987 4.0, wagoneer, 4x4 ltd.) between third and fourth gear.
On light, normal take off acceleration from a dead stop it usually happens after third gear engages around 35 mph, and at about 2200 rpm and then it drops the rpm to about 2000. Then shortly after that it switches to fourth gear. Once the torque converter locks up the rpm stays in a narrow range as you decel and accelerate, like I have read it should. So do I have it right now?
Since I was confused by this (for quite some time) I thought this was worth sharing.
So does 40 mph sound too soon for the fourth gear to engage?
Now that I have your attention, I think I finally figured out that what I once thought was a fifth gear, and a very short, unusually rapid shifting of gears from third to fourth to fifth, is actually the torque converter lock up, :banghead:, on my AW4 (the FAQ here says I have an AW4,.... 1987 4.0, wagoneer, 4x4 ltd.) between third and fourth gear.
On light, normal take off acceleration from a dead stop it usually happens after third gear engages around 35 mph, and at about 2200 rpm and then it drops the rpm to about 2000. Then shortly after that it switches to fourth gear. Once the torque converter locks up the rpm stays in a narrow range as you decel and accelerate, like I have read it should. So do I have it right now?
Since I was confused by this (for quite some time) I thought this was worth sharing.
So does 40 mph sound too soon for the fourth gear to engage?