904 doesn’t start in 1st?

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69moredoor

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hey all, so I’ve noticed something about my darts shifting (225/904)
If I start in drive it seems to start off very slow. Almost like it’s starting in second especially on hills
If I manually put it in first and the Shift to second and third it’s like a different car...thoughts?
 
Count your shifts in drive. Is it starting in 2nd? Is the throttle pressure linkage adjusted correctly?
 
I don't remember the "deal" but there were some transmissions set up "neu yahwk taxi" that started in second supposedly to reduce transmission shifting in traffic. Maybe you have an oddball valve body?
 
Some of the early Ford C4 variants had two drive positions. One that was regular drive and the other that started out in 2nd. Daddy had a 65 Falcon with that feature. The marketing name for that transmission was "Cruise O Matic" and in the owner's manual it talked about how starting in second was good for snowy and icy conditions.

Having told you all that nonsense, I guess it's reasonably possibly Ford was not the only maker that tried that.
 
I used to have a 87 Chrysler Lebaron, 2.2L turbo auto trans. Occasionally it wouldn't downshift after stopping at a stop sign or red light. I don't remember if it would pull out in 2md or 3rd, but I am sure it wasn't 1st. You could pull the shifter back and manually shift, and it would accelerate and shift normally. I dropped the trans pan and valve body, cleaned everything, and disassembled and cleaned the governor. Reassembled everything and it worked fine
 
Some of the early Ford C4 variants had two drive positions. One that was regular drive and the other that started out in 2nd. Daddy had a 65 Falcon with that feature. The marketing name for that transmission was "Cruise O Matic" and in the owner's manual it talked about how starting in second was good for snowy and icy conditions.

Having told you all that nonsense, I guess it's reasonably possibly Ford was not the only maker that tried that.

The much hated skud missile (low flying, poorly guided missle) AKA 78 Ford LTD II, would lock in second if you selected "D2." It was much appreciated by me a couple of winters. I was fairly broke, then, and being able to kill some torque on an icy intersection got me goin' more than once. My 04 Sierra also starts in 2 if that is selected, but there's been times that I've had it in "2" and tromped on it, it will kick into 1. Weird, that. It does not have "posi"
 
The much hated skud missile (low flying, poorly guided missle) AKA 78 Ford LTD II, would lock in second if you selected "D2." It was much appreciated by me a couple of winters. I was fairly broke, then, and being able to kill some torque on an icy intersection got me goin' more than once. My 04 Sierra also starts in 2 if that is selected, but there's been times that I've had it in "2" and tromped on it, it will kick into 1. Weird, that. It does not have "posi"

That's surprising, as most of them do nowadays. Used to be, it was the other way around. How are the brakes now?
 
I bled them with little improvement, it is "safe enough" empty. I replaced the master myself. I'm thinking seriously of buying a capable scan device

On it's good side, it's a joy to drive in the winter, goes into 4wd instantly and the "auto" feature works fairly well. It's very predictable "on the slick."
 
I bled them with little improvement, it is "safe enough" empty. I replaced the master myself. I'm thinking seriously of buying a capable scan device

On it's good side, it's a joy to drive in the winter, goes into 4wd instantly and the "auto" feature works fairly well. It's very predictable "on the slick."

Well, that's one good thing "I guess".
 
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