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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by zkeifer
Put it in neutral rev the motor up slam it into drive. Bout the worst thing ever for an auto
Don't do this ^^^
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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trade it for a 5 speed...
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by zkeifer

Haha did it in my brothers pos mazda once only way it would spin the tires
My smart friend of mine "accidentally" put his 2005 Ram in reverse on the highway. Trans was immediately cooked and $5k down the drain.
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by XJeep99Classic
My smart friend of mine "accidentally" put his 2005 Ram in reverse on the highway. Trans was immediately cooked and $5k down the drain.
And our old AW4s have a protection against that. I accidentally put mine in reverse on the trail once while going down a hill at about 20, it just makes a really loud constant clicking noise but doesn't jerk or break anything.
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