Ford Corsar Repair Manual page 457

TROUBLE-SHOOTING AND DIAGNOSES
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Road Testing (Cont'd)
4. Check to determine if shifting to overdrive gear cannot be made
while O.D. control switch is "OFF".
5. When veh~cle is being driven in the 65 to 8 0 km/h range in "D,"
range at half to light throttle position, fully depress accelerator
pedal to make sure it downshifts from 3rd to 2nd gear.
6. When vehicle is being driven in the 25 to 35 km/h ("D," range) at
half to light throttle position, fully depress accelerator pedal to
make sure it downshifts from 2nd to 1 st gear.
"2" RANGE
1. Shift to "2" range and make sure vehicle begins to move in
1st gear.
2. Increase vehicle speed to make sure it upshifts from 1st to
2nd gear.
3. Further increase vehicle speed. Make sure it does not
upshift to 3rd gear.
4 . While driving vehicle at the 25 to 35 km/h with throttle at half to
light position ("2," range), fully depress accelerator pedal to make
sure it downshifts from 2nd to 1 st gear.
5. Allow vehicle to run idle while in "2" range to make sure
that it downshifts to 1st gear.
6. Move selector to "D" range and allow vehicle to operate at 4 0 to
5 0 km/h. Then, shiftto"2" range to make sure it downshifts to 2nd
gear.
"l" RANGE
1. Place selector lever in "1" range and accelerate vehicle.
Make sure it does not shift from 1st to 2nd gear although
vehicle speed increases.
2. While vehicle is being driven in "1" range, release acceler-
ator pedal to make sure that engine compression acts as a
brake.
3. Place selector lever in
"D"
or "2" range and allow vehicle to run at
20 to 3 0 km/h. Then move selector lever to
"
1
"
range to make sure
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downshifts to 1 st gear.