i am looking about american pickups and i found this: "6 speed manual with overdrive"
what does this mean? 4f+od(5th gear)+R (dont think so)? 5f+od (6th gear)? or 6f +od (7th gear)?

you may think is a silly question but never saw od on a manual car before

typo maybe? to my knowledge manual cant have over drive. I could always be wrong tho.

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ditto, never heard of od on a mt. where'd you see the ad?

-triscuit

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/superduty/features/specs/
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Engine Specifications
Transmission type
6-speed manual overdrive (std.); TorqShift™ 5-speed automatic (opt.)

I think they mean 5 speed auto with OD or a 6 spd std transmission

no i think have heard of a overdrive manual

i think the vw bugs(new ones) have a 5spd with overdrive...i dont know how it works.....maybe longer gearing or something

It's just old school for higher gear. My dad has a 6 speed in his F350, btw. When they started putting the higher gear on, they called it the over drive gear. So, a regular 3 speed manual had the 4th gear as an over drive. Or, as the truck, the 6th speed manual overdrive transmission. The inverse of this in todays lingo, would the a close ratio 6 speed. In which the top of 6 is the same as the top of 5. No greater top speed, but closer gearing. The overdrive 6 is a gear ontop of 5. I think that's about as clear as I can make it.

so a 6sp with overdrive is a 6sp gearbox with a very long 6th gear. thanx for the info

They usually aren't even true overdrives, just lockdown torque converters.

he wasnt referring to autos....hes talking about 5mt and 6mt

aren't overdrive gears any gear that have a ratio of less than 1????
maybe I'm wrong

overdrive just means the input shaft of the trans spins slower than the output shaft, any trans can have it.