>>Are there any consequences of leaving a torque convertor automatic on a slope in P with the handbrake off?
Well, on a gentle slope I've never worried about it and been doing it for years. But the mechanic who looks after my cars had a fit when I did it in the Explorer giving him a lift home a week or so ago.
It is apparently that the slope keeps the gearbox mechanisms under tension and when you drag it out of park into drive it causes a great deal of stress. He said brakes are cheaper than gearboxes.
Apparently the routine should be stop / parking brake / park.
What do I know? But he's pretty good so I've been using the parking brake ever since he said that. When I;m on a slope that is, not on the flat(ish)
Last edited by: No FM2R on Wed 1 Apr 20 at 22:05
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