overdrive.....interesting ride

[toolbelt]

Thanks in advance,

I'm new to overDrive and jeep (96 GCL). Two days ago I was driving
up a very steep incline/hill and as I'm driving up it was an interesting ride.

If you've ever had your catalytic converter go bad and attempt to climb even an incline less steep, the ride was very similar.

Seemed there wasn't enough power to pull the gc up the hill and I wondered if I was gonna make it.

I made it to the top, but the ride up was as if the accelerator was continuously being pressed and released, pressed and released, etc.......

My question is should I have had the overDrive button depressed (green light ON)......because the light was off.

Reading the manual (and I'm going by memory), it says green light on locks out OD.

Thanks,
Toolbelt

[scuba4321]

Toolbelt, this sounds like something not related to the overdrive lock out! How fast were you going? how much gas were you applying?

[toolbelt]

Originally Posted by scuba4321

Toolbelt, this sounds like something not related to the overdrive lock out! How fast were you going? how much gas were you applying?

Kinda hard to explain.....when I first felt resistance, I applied more gas pressure expecting it to (at least) overcome resistance in a small portion, then apply more to overcome the resistance once the small portion resistance proved able to exceed resistance.

What I got was applying more gas pressure, but didn't feel/sense resistance of incline was exceeded.

Now, I did tackle this incline twice yesterday (testing) with the green OD button on, and no problems.

Toolbelt