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Old 03-19-2012, 01:07 PM   #216 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DamageX View Post
one of my cars used to be an automatic until I converted it to a 5-speed. It had a nice low-stall-speed torque converter so it wasn`t too annoying, but it also only had three gears (too few!). One good thing about it was that when the car got stuck in mud/snow I could put it in gear, maybe open the throttle a bit, and then get out and push myself. Now I have to rely on having a locking diff for not getting stuck, but otherwise the clutch pedal is much preferred.
I think both you and shovel need a nice low granny gear, My grandfathers marmon harrington had a 5sp granny in the ton and a half county truck he had.

To the floor you could still walk faster than it would move in granny, idling the wheels just kept on turning, very slowly and all 4 wheels would lock up as well.

It was rather difficult to get stuck and also difficult to turn if it was locked up.
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