[T2] Power loss in 4th

[Avocado Tom Tarka]

John,

With all due respect, that's not what I'm saying. 

I'm not trying to drive my bus up a hill  at 3000 rpm. Nor am I going to rev my type-1 engine up to 5,000 rpm to get up a hill.  

I understand that the power band is such that 3800 or 4000 may be required on an uphill. What I'm doing is downshifting at a point when the next gear will be in that range: 3800-4400.  I'm not going to to downshift and before that point and overrev the engine: I've never had to, and the fact that the engine isn't pulling - even at ~4000 rpm - is an indication that something is wrong.

And I'm sorry, but I don't consider 3000 rpm "lugging the engine".

YMMV,
   Tom

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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:53 PM, John Stainkamp <stainkampjohn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You are not listening. If you're trying to drive up hills in 4th
> under 3000 RPM you're lugging your engine.
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