Updated: see second post below dated 1-11-2015. The O/D button is burned up.
Hello, my '94 '80 has a peculiar issue in which it won't shift OUT of overdrive if I push the button on the shifter. The trans shifts through all gears just fine, up and down, and shifts into O/D just fine on the free way, but I can't make it downshift to 3rd by pushing the button (no matter my speed). Furthermore, I don't see the "OD Off" light anywhere on the dash cluster when pushing the button (not sure if the bulb is out or missing, but I'm not sure where it should even be). I don't recall seeing the OD OFF when I turn the ignition key to see the other dash lights. The trans will downshift just fine on its own if I slow down enough, and it always starts out in 1st properly from a dead stop.
If I step on the gas hard enough while already in 4th, the trans will downshift from 4th to 3rd. it's just the button that doesn't seem to do anything (and the light apparently not working). To further clarify, this is NOT the issue in which it refuses to shift IN to overdrive.
Hello, my '94 '80 has a peculiar issue in which it won't shift OUT of overdrive if I push the button on the shifter. The trans shifts through all gears just fine, up and down, and shifts into O/D just fine on the free way, but I can't make it downshift to 3rd by pushing the button (no matter my speed). Furthermore, I don't see the "OD Off" light anywhere on the dash cluster when pushing the button (not sure if the bulb is out or missing, but I'm not sure where it should even be). I don't recall seeing the OD OFF when I turn the ignition key to see the other dash lights. The trans will downshift just fine on its own if I slow down enough, and it always starts out in 1st properly from a dead stop.
If I step on the gas hard enough while already in 4th, the trans will downshift from 4th to 3rd. it's just the button that doesn't seem to do anything (and the light apparently not working). To further clarify, this is NOT the issue in which it refuses to shift IN to overdrive.
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