Allison Transmission "Mode"??

[Michelle1956]

I've had Periwinkle the Bus, my 2002 AmTran for almost three years now. Work on her really stopped with the onset of COVID a few months after I drove her home and has just recently started up again.

Perri's setup is pretty basic but I have gone on a few short trips, about four weeks total, and loved it. I will happily be fulltime beginning this Fall.

My question has to do with the attached photo. I have never pushed the Mode or up & down arrow buttons. What do they do? Please be kind.

Thanks.

Michelle

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HuZQmgsKMXz5J28s8

p.s. She still has her governor on and I'm happy to go 55 mph or less, especially with the current price of diesel.

[fo4imtippin]

mode typically chooses eco mode which will hold gears a bit longer before it downshifts. Up and down will allow you to lock that gear in. Say your going down a mountain and you dont want to let the bus speed up, you can push down when you are already in a low gear and it will hold it. So if you go up in third gear, arrow down to 3 for the way down. Once you are at the bottom click up until you get to 5 or 6.

[ewo1]

https://www.rvtechlibrary.com/transm..._operators.pdf

Originally Posted by Michelle1956

I've had Periwinkle the Bus, my 2002 AmTran for almost three years now. Work on her really stopped with the onset of COVID a few months after I drove her home and has just recently started up again.

Perri's setup is pretty basic but I have gone on a few short trips, about four weeks total, and loved it. I will happily be fulltime beginning this Fall.

My question has to do with the attached photo. I have never pushed the Mode or up & down arrow buttons. What do they do? Please be kind.

Thanks.

Michelle

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HuZQmgsKMXz5J28s8

p.s. She still has her https://www.rvtechlibrary.com/transm..._operators.pdfgovernor on and I'm happy to go 55 mph or less, especially with the current price of diesel.

Here is a link to the Wtec 3 shifter user manual. You will find a nice detailed explanation on your question.


Here is a more detailed manual

Hope this helps!