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Old Nov 27, 2023 | 08:26 PM
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Hello folks. If this is a stupid question I’m pleading ignorance first.
this is my first project car, I’m building a Land Rover defender from the ground up with a new ls3 and 6l80 in it. As I was testing some of the transmission linkage, I was testing the gears rocking the vehicle back and forth. When in park, nothing moves, but every other gear including reverse I am able to roll the car forward and backwards by hand. Is this normal? I wasn’t expecting to be able to roll the car forward while in reverse.
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Automatic trannies are not locked up outside of Park. Without hydraulic pressure, nothing is engaged.
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Old Nov 27, 2023 | 09:20 PM
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Automatic trannies are not locked up outside of Park. Without hydraulic pressure, nothing is engaged.
ahh, so this is as expected. Thank you. That makes me feel much better.
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