03 stays revved up between shifts.

[Smokey 01]

I just bought an 03 6 sp HO with 66k miles. Overall the truck runs great but it stays revved up for a second when you let out of it and push the clutch to shift. Is this normal with these third gens?

Thanks

 

[JCleary]

Yeah, it's normal.



I had to learn to lift from the throttle just before pushing in the clutch. Not like a gasser where you can do it simultaneously. Must have something to do with the electronic throttle control.

 

[steved]

My 04 doesn't... it is like driving any other car/truck.



steved

 

[MacHaggis]

My experience was that I had to back off the foot-feed a little sooner when shifting than I thought I would, but the difference is really not much more than you'd find between any two vehicles that came out of two different engineering shops.



One thing that did help me get it into the swing of things was to get in the habit of dead pedal launches from a stop before accelerating up to speed. No need to spur the Cummins going through the gears.



Of course, that made for an embarassing moment when I helped my boss out moving his wife's horse to Vermont. His little (but nice) V-8 Dakota, especially with 3800# of horse and trailer on the back, won't do the dead-pedal thing. (Maybe it would have helped if I'd also remembered to use his first gear, instead of my customary second )



Try backing off the go-pedal just a little quicker earlier, and I think you'll find the spot that works.

 

[Daimler Dan]

The autos do a similar thing. I suspect it's DCs way of minimzing turbo bark, by shutting down the fuel rate slowly.

 

[DieselTweaker]

If I recall some of the 6. 0 powerstroke's do it to, when shifting at higher rpm's one of ford feild service tech's said they do this to keep the turbo spooled between shift's to help out with lag.