shifting gears on a manual

i skip gears sometimes. 2nd to 4th and back. downhill upshift/uphill downshifting.

on my 2005 taco

anyone else?

 

ummm no..

 

Why, just shift sooner instead

 

There are times when I do, but rarely.

I like turtles

 

I skip all over the place. Mainly because 3rd grinds when its cold.

 

Yes.

 

I’d do it a lot more in low range than 2 or 4 High.

 

The ratio splits are not right for the taco, so I skip gears all the time. I think the transmission was borrowed from another vehicle and just transplanted in.

 

Yes, I almost always go from 4th to 6th... I wish it was geared higher, like 5th on the 5 speed manual

 

Yep. All the time. Skip 4th going down hill because it's not needed if I'm not in a huge hurry. Can also skip 2nd and 4th on a straight stretch if I'm drinking coffee and don't feel like shifting, with no one behind me of course.

 

Yep all the time

 

No

 

I skip 4th a lot, since 5th is the 1:1 slot and 3rd and 4th aren't that much different.

 

I thought 5th was an overdrive gear.

 

Always 4th to 6th. I rarely use 5th.

 

RA60F ratios.

1: 4.171
2: 2.190
3: 1.488
4: 1.193
5: 1.000
6: 0.849
R: 3.607

They fixed this on the RC62 in the 3rd gen, both 5th and 6th are overdrive. Since Moses was in short pants 4th gear (or 3rd in 3-speeds) has been the 1:1 ratio. So our trucks are the outlier.

https://www.marlincrawler.com/tech/transmission/transmission-gear-ratio-chart

 

Will an RC62 bolt up to a 1GR/FJ transfer case?

 

Dunno but I think you and I are the same page. ;-)

If I was a betting man I'd say that there's a way to make it work. Overseas the Hilux got a transmission with better ratios (and the diesels got a /really/ low 1st).

 

I just did some checking. 2015,2.7l, 5spd manual,5th gear is 0.81, so overdrive.

 

Skip all the time. Seems like my most common patterns are 1-3-5-6 and 2-4-6.