63 pushbutton étiquette

[crossram 426]

Hi, this may sound like a silly question but is there a correct way to use a pushbutton auto?
Are they supposed to be shifted through the gears?
Or do you use them like a modern day auto and just put it in drive?
Was there a preferred way to use them by the factory? which is best for the box and it's internals?
Was just wondering if they were made to be used in a specific way?
Thanks in advance.

 

[khryslerkid]

You use them just like any shifter. Put in drive and enjoy the ride. Shift it manually, whatever floats your boat. Just don't hit the reverse button going foward!

 

[crossram 426]

^ lol...for sure

 

[Rick62]

I'm old and I forget things but if my memory serves me correctly the early T-flites had some internal feature that prevented them from going into reverse while moving forward. Maybe one of the transmission old-timers will recall?

 

[dvw]

I'm old and I forget things but if my memory serves me correctly the early T-flites had some internal feature that prevented them from going into reverse while moving forward. Maybe one of the transmission old-timers will recall?

I wish. Went to hit neutral in the staging lanes rolling up. Missed it and hit reverse. It was OK until I tried to back out of the trailer at the next race, BAM. The ear broke off the reverse band. I hate pulling the trans at the track.
Doug

 

[khryslerkid]

When I was a kid, driving my 64 Dodge, 383 Torqueflight, my battery was too weak to crank it over. No one around to give me a jump, and it was late at night. I remembered reading in the owners manual that you could coast start it, in low, 20 miles per hr. Being reluctant to do it, I let it start down over this hill, jumped in, dropped it in low, turned the key on. Just about 22 mph the trans caught, just like popping a clutch. Started right up and home I went. Cool!