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What is the compound word for to shift into lower gear?

The word is downshift.


What happens if you shift to drive from lower gear while pressing gas will anything happen to da transmission?

the transmission will shift to higher gear


What to do when approaching steep uphill grade in mountains?

shift to a lower gear


When you are driving slow and accelerate your gas it jerks?

Shift to a lower gear.


What is meant by being in Top Gear and bottom gear on a bike?

being in top gear means you cant shift no more and means your going fast as your bike will allow and by bottom gear you mean low gear which means your in lowest gear possible.


How can I reduce the lugging noise at lower rpms on your 03 silverado?

Shift to a lower gear. Lugging will damage your engine and should not occur if you are in the proper gear for whatever you are doing. On your silverado if it is an automatic you should have a trailering button in the end of the gear shift to turn the trailering mode on and cause the vehicle to shift sooner when carrying a load even if you aren't pulling a trailer.


What should you do when going down a steep grade in a heary vehicle?

Shift down in to a lower gear.


Where is a synchronizer located at on a Geo Metro?

In a manual transmission between the gears. If one fails it will make it very difficult or impossible to shift in to the lower gear, i.e. if the 2nd gear synchronizer goes out you cant shift from 3rd to 2nd gear


What would cause a transmission to not shift into gear and the speedometer to raise and lower?

Sounds like a grenaded transmission


How do you remove a gear shift cable on a ford escort?

Escort doesn't have a gear shift cable. It has a gear shift rod. To remove it: Remove the shift control rod nut and bolt Take off the shift knob. Remove the console. Remove the shift boot. Pry out the shifter spring. Lift the shift ever out of the housing. Take the nuts that hold the shift housing on the end of the extension bar. Take the extension bar from the transaxle, lower the shift housiing and take the shift control rod from the transmission.


What are the two d's on the gear shift for?

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When to shift gears?

Engines work best in a certain range or RPMs (revolutions per minute). The time to shift is when you've moved outside that range. If the engine is spinning fast you change to a higher gear, if the engine is spinning too slow you shift to a lower gear.