Les

[Larry Davick]

Laszlo,

Don't be shy - we don't bite - we bark sometimes - but never bite!!

I hope you get lucky and find a final drive from a wrecked coach, since they really wake up the engine. To my way of thinking these are luxury items
and not necessities, so spending on them has to be with money that can easily be spared. But then I'm not full-timing or depending on the rig for
travel.

My '76 Palm Beach was lavished with extras from my beloved PO and one of those extras was lower gears. I've never driven a standard coach but have
always thought mine was absolutely able to tackle anything. I hope you find the time to post your thoughts and questions on many things here. We try
to be respectful but sometimes come off as harsh, often unintended!

Jim K has the whole final drive gears nailed, and somebody else has a different method of reducing the ratio, but I don't remember who - others will
fill in the blanks!
--
Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy

 

[johnny]

You should be able to stop at the bottom, pull it into l;ow manually, and then go easily albeit slowly up without bothering the transmission. As I
understand it, the key is manually shift it to second or low, this puts quite a bit more pressure on the clutch packs than letting it downshift
itself.

--johnny
--
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell