Me and a friend were arguing over this issue. If you were driving down the road at say 55 mph or at any speed and just turned the car off what if anything would happen to the engine and or car?

Well, with 2 old pros like transman and ok4450 telling me I am wrong, I guess i will go stand in a corner and repeat, several times, “I was wrong, a torque converter cannot “reverse drive” an engine!!” “I was wrong, a torque converter cannot “reverse drive” an engine!!” “I was wrong, a torque conv…

If a torque converter cannot reverse drive an engine then why can my 59 t-bird be bump started…lets see…rear wheels to rear end…rear end to driveshaft…driveshaft to output shaft of transmission which drives rear pump…rear pump creates hydraulic pressure which engages the clutches in the tranny…tran…

There’s a reason why I don’t register on medical forums and dole out advice on open heart surgery. I’m clueless in that field.

Now we’ve opened another can of worms. They have been talking about more recent transmissions.

I have no intention of getting into an argument with you on that particular point. Suffice it to say that I’m going to test, or rely on someone to test, a few 518 series transmissions. Maybe 3 or 4 of them would be a representative cross-section and I’ll post back with the results. I’d also add th…

So no one has had a car stall on them while on the interstate? Driving in heavy rain with bad wire has caused this to happen on more than one occasion. I?ve also shut off numerous different cars/trucks on the highway just to see what would happen. Nothing exciting happens. Many autos will resta…

My transmission is a 46RE I have no official reason why my tranny does what it does BUT I and others, believe that when everything is movinmg you have the pressure from the pump, running off the engine. when you turn off the engine everything is still turning, and will keep on turning until you r…

Rear pump being driven by the output shaft by way of rear wheels, gear selector in “D” so the valve body is directing hydraulic pressure to clutch assys. Now the transmission has provided a solid link from the rear wheels to the engine through the converter. All of our latest, greatest transmissio…

Most steering wheels lock, and/or power steering lost, engine dies,and electric gauges go dead.

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Turning off your car at 55 mph

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