@Rita. Thanks for the info - slightly anticlimactic. Alternative ratios would have been useful, and an ejector seat would have been fun :)

What manual do you have as the handbook gives quite in depth info on the automatic transmission functions ..??

The NZ translated workshop manual which seems ...

Apologies if this is a dumb question. This 1995 Bongo is my first automatic and I'm curious about the S and L options on the gearshift. The auto drivers that I've asked haven't got a clue what they could be. The manual doesn't mention them. I wondered if they were alternative gearing ratios for say ...