Is there such a thing out there as a vacuum gauge with a shift light suggestor/indicator for a C5?? Can't google one. Maybe manny sells such a beast, it's mainly for my wife when she drives it.
Shift light indicator etc.?
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Our 2005 Jimmy has one of those shift indicator lights and have no idea as to how it is activated. After 40+ years of shifting, the old ear works reasonably well. Too bad the new Corvettes didn't have the adjustable pointer on the tach. Perhaps a valet mode for other drivers would do.
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I thought the C5 had a shift light indicator....or is there just the skip shift indicator? I can't remember as I had my light turned off.
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Skip Shift,,,,
My skip shift indicator never comes on, but if I over rev or go too fast it will go only into fourth as it is programmed to.
My skip shift indicator never comes on, but if I over rev or go too fast it will go only into fourth as it is programmed to.
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Vacuum gauge?
The reason i first asked about this thread is because my wife for some reason has a problem shifting this thing. Although she has only driven standards all her life, hates automatics. Maybe the the real problem is the advisor, or the world's worst back seat driver, me. Gotto get me a book on patience, or better, "Karma".
The reason i first asked about this thread is because my wife for some reason has a problem shifting this thing. Although she has only driven standards all her life, hates automatics. Maybe the the real problem is the advisor, or the world's worst back seat driver, me. Gotto get me a book on patience, or better, "Karma".
HA! I know everyone that has jumped in the drivers seat of my car (very few) complains about the shifter as it is very stiff to move (B&M Short Shifter). Me, I'm fine with it because I'm used to it. Anyway...Are you telling her to rev it up more or not to rev it so high? I rarely go over 2000 rpm putting around town.
Skip Shift Module
I installed the skip shift fuse that eliminates the skip shift feature all together on our '05. I find downshifting with our car be hard if the rpm isn't somewhat matched to road speed for that gear. Up shifting is fine.
I installed the skip shift fuse that eliminates the skip shift feature all together on our '05. I find downshifting with our car be hard if the rpm isn't somewhat matched to road speed for that gear. Up shifting is fine.
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Reply to Riley...
As i mentioned she always drives a standard. But this one she always shifts way too late and lets the rpm and speed slow down as she shifts up, and there is a "clunk" both in the gearbox and my wallet , thinking of futher gearbox reduilds. The problem is she knows how much power the car is capable of so in her "Honda" set mind the shifting will be fine cause of all the Hp and torque. By the time I suggest shift she should actually increase speed and then clutch and shift. She drove a 91 Honda to 365,000km with only one clutch and cv change and then got totalled in a flood. While I drove my 86 dual fuel Honda to 450.000kms with two clutch changes. Always got ribbed about by the mechanics at work.
The bottom line is that she has to learn to get up to a higher speed in each gear before she upshifts.
Don't think we've ever gone up to or over 2,000 rpm yet. The car for me is still a vanity toy, love being seen in it, although the eyes are on the car and not me.
As i mentioned she always drives a standard. But this one she always shifts way too late and lets the rpm and speed slow down as she shifts up, and there is a "clunk" both in the gearbox and my wallet , thinking of futher gearbox reduilds. The problem is she knows how much power the car is capable of so in her "Honda" set mind the shifting will be fine cause of all the Hp and torque. By the time I suggest shift she should actually increase speed and then clutch and shift. She drove a 91 Honda to 365,000km with only one clutch and cv change and then got totalled in a flood. While I drove my 86 dual fuel Honda to 450.000kms with two clutch changes. Always got ribbed about by the mechanics at work.
The bottom line is that she has to learn to get up to a higher speed in each gear before she upshifts.
Don't think we've ever gone up to or over 2,000 rpm yet. The car for me is still a vanity toy, love being seen in it, although the eyes are on the car and not me.
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Als
Methinks there is a buit in shift indicator in the HUD. But it is too small to notice.
Methinks there is a buit in shift indicator in the HUD. But it is too small to notice.
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Splicing vacuum line?
Is the throttle body the best place to run a line to a vacuum gauge from? Or?
Is the throttle body the best place to run a line to a vacuum gauge from? Or?
Great question C5er! I've never seen the shift light on my HUD. I'm always watching the tach or road if I get the revs up!