While manual cars are not as popular as they used to be (owing to the rising demand for automatic cars especially in the Americas and Europe), they still account for a substantial percentage of annual car sales (both used and new). Perhaps the reason for this is the advantages of a manual transmission over an [...]
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Use more caution when test-driving someone else’s vehicle – the mirrors, the driver’s seat, etc. may not be adjusted properly for you. First, get use to brake pedal feeling, adjust the mirrors, driver’s seat, and learn all the controls of the vehicle. Proceed to drive only when you sure it’s safe. One of the indications [...]
An automatic transmission has many seals and gaskets to control the flow of hydraulic fluid and to keep it from leaking out. There are two main external seals: the front seal and the rear seal. The front seal seals the point where the torque converter mounts to the transmission case. This seal allows fluid to [...]
The valve body is the control center of the automatic transmission. It contains a maze of channels and passages that direct hydraulic fluid to the numerous valves which then activate the appropriate clutch pack or band servo to smoothly shift to the appropriate gear for each driving situation. Each of the many valves in the [...]
Automatic transmissions contain many gears in various combinations. In a manual transmission, gears slide along shafts as you move the shift lever from one position to another, engaging various sized gears as required in order to provide the correct gear ratio. In an automatic transmission, however, the gears are never physically moved and are always [...]
The transmission is a device that is connected to the back of the engine and sends the power from the engine to the drive wheels. An automobile engine runs at its best at a certain RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) range and it is the transmission’s job to make sure that the power is delivered to [...]
Classification of cars by type of driver uses sex and age to define three kinds of subclasses: young men, young women, and unisex adult. According to annual police reports, men’s accident involvement per 100 licensed drivers is about twice women’s in each age group. Strikingly inconsistent with this pattern, however, is the insurance switch from [...]