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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 10:17 PM
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95 that has a lockup in it already and am wanting to know if a overdrive switch exists and how to install it. My truck won't go into 4th or OD and I've thrown a couple hundred in it already and can't hit the right mark. And I need to travel over interstate in the next couple weeks and I need OD. Any help?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 07:11 PM
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You can use a pressure switch to do it but i like to have control over when it goes into od so i just used a toggle switch.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 09:22 PM
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Do you have step by step on how to install one? I already have a lockup
 
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 05:11 PM
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Anyone? No one knows how to wire an overdrive switch up?
 
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 08:18 PM
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The center wire on the transmission is the hot +12 volt wire.

The front wire is the overdrive ground.

The rear wire is the torque converter lock-up ground
 

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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 07:50 PM
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Is there a way to do it from the O/D switch in the cab .. I dont want to have to climb under truck ... is that possible ?
 
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Old Nov 5, 2014 | 07:01 PM
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Run a toggle from the cab to your o/d wire comin out of trans. Hot wire from batt to toggle in cab to front wire on trans plug. Thats the o/d wire.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2014 | 12:54 AM
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Ok had a brain fart on the first post sorry. Run a hot wire from battery to your center wire on trans connector located on driver side half way back on trans. The wire to the back of the truck is for Torque Converter Lockup. The wire facing the front of the trans is your O/D Wire. Run your wire into the cab to a toggle switch then to a good ground. Intake grid heater ground works great. flip the switch whenever you want O/D its that easy.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2015 | 06:42 PM
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So I must not be wiring mine right cuz when I hit the switch nothing. What wire or wires do I tie into and just connect them to a ground or a hot wire 😫
 
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