Manual transmission

[retired driver]

as far as the new guys complaining - they just found out these aren't the rice burners . this a truck clutch not some jap bull.

 

[Myleftsideistan]

Clutch only for taking off in second and reverse. Or if I'm merging onto the highway, just hold the throttle wide open and clutch the gears. The old diesels with the Spicer 5's are bullet proof

 

[Wally]

I always preferred the stick to automatic....... just for the power and bad weather. on the GMC's if you double clutch you wont grind

I'm the opposite. I find the automatic to be better in snow. Of course "better" is not very much. The P-7 still sucks in snow.

 

[HomeDelivery]

There is a MB 3point star on the plastic cover over the injectors and it says Mercedes-Benz as well.

derail... which one do you think is the better diesel powerplant? MB or Isuzu/GMC?

 

[Babagounj]

My personal vehicle is a manual .
Best anti-theft device around .

 

[Driver7906]

I hardly ever use the clutch in my truck. I don't know if shifting gears without using the clutch is bad for the clutch, transmission or both but oh well if it is. It's better to have parts of a truck replaced rather than my knee.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

derail... which one do you think is the better diesel powerplant? MB or Isuzu/GMC?

I just like the MB904 just for the fact of its lack of exhaust aftertreatment systems. Subject to a lot less problems.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

So glad the sticks are gone. Some of you start in 1st gear? I always started in 2nd.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

After you get good at it. You can come to a stop sign. Using the brake. Drop it into 2ñd. For ur stop. Never using the clutch. Unless you do have to stop for a car. It is technically a stop.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Corporate working on a catapult system to cut down on contact time and time actually stopped.