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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
I feel like it's been left out than an Auto on it's last legs may have had issues that caused poor economy. I had a 1.3 Suzuki with dead trans that struggled to get 25mpg.
A manual swap+ EOC would have sent that into the 60's.
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I would vote no on that theory. The 42rle same as the 42le and 41te, were also known as chryslers "ultradrive" transmissions. They would automatically adjust themselves to operate as close to factory spec as possible no matter how worn the transmission got. Which is one reason why chrysler transmissions had the bad reputation for suddenly dieing with no warning, they were designed that way.