92 mci 102d auto shifting

[gene burge]

how should i be shifting this thing ,6v92 auto , 1  1-2  1-3  1-4 ?

[eagle19952]

I start mine in first and shift it like it was a standard...
when I get to the top gear....I slip it back one gear so that it is ready to down shift....when a hill shows up.
and if the hill is long i'll pre down shift again...
seems to work for me.

[TomC]

If you're throttle modulator is adjusted correctly, you should be able to put it in 1-4 and go. The only time I down shift is to hold on a hill. Remember though, if you over speed the trans (like around 2,400rpm) the transmission will up shift even though you have it held in that gear. Good Luck, TomC

[gene burge]

thats where i was having trouble , cruising along 60-70 , trans selector set at 1-4 just fine then come upon a long grade & speed drops off & it seems it waits too long to downshift , i'll try running it up to speed in 1-4 then drop back to 1-3 , thanks for the replies .

[Seangie]

Gene - pay attention to your speeds.  If you figure out what your governed speeds are for each gear (leave it in 1st and go as fast as you can on a flat road and write that speed down..repeat for each gear) then on your climbs you can manually downshift after it drops past that speed.  So when Im on a climb ill shift into 3rd (my 3rd gear governs out at 56mph) when I get down to about 54mph.   Same for second...Ill downshift around 38-36mph.  Itll auto downshift much later but better to keep the rpms up.

-Sean

Fulltiming somewhere in the USA
1984 Eagle 10S
www.herdofturtles.org

[luvrbus]

I always drove mine with the tach about the same as using the speedometer it would drop to the rpm I was accustom to with the shift points flip the Stone/Bennett shifter to 3rd man does the Bennett shifter make a nice smooth down shift on the 740. I loved that little switch on the dash

[RJ]

Gene -

Perhaps this will help answer your questions (auto trans info near end):

http://busnut.com/forum/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=41

FWIW & HTH. . .

[luvrbus]

As RJ pointed out it does take practice to down shift a 740 with a shift tower mostly because going from 4th to 3rd or lower the transmission is in the lockup mode which makes it like manual in reality. To bad a Bennett cost so much they made the transition  so smooth

[lostagain]

Can somebody explain how to adjust the throttle modulator correctly.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[luvrbus]

Yep place the throttle in full throttle position,place the cable at full throttle against the stop the cable should not have more than 1-1/2in or less than 1-1/8in travel when finished all there is to it JC  

[lostagain]

Thanks Clifford, I'll double check mine.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk