like the time my bros lawn mower's throttle spring broke....he goes out to the drive way ..comes back with a hand full of gravle.. selects a rock ..wedges the throttle in the correct positon.. keeps mowing.. lol
Move the button in front of the accelerator pedal, so that when you take your foot off of the gas pedal it opens the clutch. Then it will be 100% automatic!
@@smug_cat1 I'm with you on this one. Highly unlikely that these guys actually read the comments. This video might of been made last year for all we know. Regardless, they are just fun to watch the craziness that they come up with.
would probably better if you used a industrial double action electromagnetical valve (move the cylinder in both directions), a Texas Instruments CD4013 chip (clock divider circuit) and some "power" transistors from the NOT Q pins of the CD4013 to power the coils. one button press to engage and a second (on the same) button press to release. Rally car!
MAN trucks used this as factory extra it was called ComfortShift , and for rolling out and stopping you had to use the normal clutch pedal but once you were in motion you could use the button
This has to be in the top 10 or so coolest things you've done. This one could have a practical purpose. You could adapt this to someone's car, with a little more work, if they broke their leg or something. Neat!
I used to have friend who had a ford ranger with a hand activated clutch. It had a grip cabled up, similar to a bicycle brake handle. It was a bit of a learning curve, but was really nice.
Clever. Shorten the piston actuator arm and move the piston closer to the clutch linkage. This would lessen the engagement period and the delay before the clutch grabs Nice job!..
i made a similar one, some years back, because i have a bad knee and the clutch was heavy to push. just a, windshield wiper motor, a pully, brakecable from a moped and a open/close side windows kontakt, it work fine
during the group B era a car manufacturer (i think it was Audi) created a "hand clutch" to gain time. There was a handle on the shifter the pilot grabbed as he gripped the shifter releasing the clutch immédiately (at this exact moment the pedal dropped to the floor)
Wiring the shifter switch in parallel with the brake light switch will solve your stopping problem and will also make it more intuitive for starting in first gear.
I really love these Russians... They know what they're doing, everytime they're creating some really hilarious shit no-one ever thinks of even trying to do in the first place... i think this could really be my new favourite youtube channel
As an idea, what about seeing if a Lada could run off a self contained compressed air supply? Even operated off a long air hose would add to goofieness!I remember scale model engines being made to operate pneumatically .
Wow! I’m impressed that it even worked! That’s insane! Maybe if the cylinder would have released a tad faster, I think the gear changing would have been a little more engaging! Anyway great job boys!👌😎👍
This kind of system isn't too uncommon in tractors with a manual gearbox. You would use ur clutch pedal with the foot to take off and use the button when shifting, since it releases the clutch fairly quickly, which isn' t a problem, when already moving.
Some years ago I fitted a system to a few cars suitable for a disabled person or a person who had thier left leg amputated. It used a vacuum servo controlled by an electronoc controller. It also had a switch on the gear lever and a switch on the brake pedel. It would disengage the clutch if you pressed the switch on the gear lever to change gear. It would also disengage the clutch if you pressed the brake pedel while pulling up at trafic lights. It also had a hand held box that was used to fine tune it the drivers style of driving. It worked really well when it was fine tuned and adjusted properly. The system was made in Holland and could be bought as a kit. At the time I had an outo electrical business and I was a selling and instalation agent.
Great video, i think stepper motor or geared DC with a var linear Resistor controller,. Control over clutch, place it on the drive wheel, the speed of the geared motor will allow for full control up to 'dropping' clutch. I'd place value in trying to find a good quality linear resistor, ideally from an old cathode ray TV or old TV radio COMBO Set.
What about using a cable lever from a bike? It could be handy to use just to departure and module the clutch. While using the button once the car is moving.
In one of my off road buggies I had a bicycle brake lever mounted on the floor gear shifter. It operated the accelerator so I could have one foot on the clutch, and the other on the brake. And then I had my hand throttle. It worked fabulous. I still had a gas pedal on the floor.
Shop air compressors already have a mechanism to turn on the compressor when their tank pressure is low & turn if off when full, I wonder why they couldn't integrate that somehow
You need to have a hydraulic/pneumatic grip lever attached to the shifter instead of an electronic button so you can vary the amount of pressure used on the clutch.
Two not holding the button down until it fully reaches the end of the travel on the cylinder you can momentarily press the button just enough to slightly charge it with air so that you wouldn't have to wait for the full stroke of it just enough to make it release the clutch and let off the button
Please try to use that as a hill start assist: Left foot on the brake pedal to hold the car still, right foot on the gas. Release the button, press the gas to bring the revs up and try to release the brake only when the clutch starts to engage.
The only problem is when it is necessary to use a half clutch, in which case the previous idea of the centrifugal clutch solves the problem, although friction deteriorates the system quickly, especially when towing a lot of mass.
You're actually better off driving your car without using the clutch when changing gears. To only briefly pressing the clutch pedal with your right foot when engaging first gear when stationary. Do try this out. It's easier than it sounds.
@@thefreedomguyuk it sure is. manually shifted automatic, except red lights or stop signs. learned it by accident driving a drywall delivery boom truck as a kid. just had my hand on the shifter going from 3rd to fourth gear, ten speed road ranger trans. and it fell into 4rth on it's own. like a beam of light hit me and a sound of magical horns or something. bwaaaaa, but soft sound. thought, HEY! that was cool. perfected it from then on out. years later i found they're actually designed to do it.
What a fantastic idea proof of concept. I think if you were to fix the seals on the cylinder and add a pressure switch with a light on the dash to show the clutch engaging you might need not use so much throttle. Thanks a very good idea with so many uses.
The problem is the piston doesn't have what a human has. The ability to feel the spring of the clutch. It let's out evenly, instead of letting off when there's bite. It would need an electronic program to let the clutch out faster at the end of the stroke at a certain rpm...
Excellent but the clutch piston lags a bit. The valve empties late. It fills up only when you press the accelerator pedal.The air force may not be enough for the clutch spring. Maybe you should use hydraulic pump and piston.
Funny that I got similar idea some months ago, as why Automakers don't do as Farming Tractor Manufactures, and install a clutch button in the gear leaver.
I'd love to see a clutch where when you push it half way down the clutch disengages and the other half is for braking. Then release brake half way and neutral then other half released is clutch.
Suggestion:What about making a gearbox like a racing crashbox where you change gears by just pressing the gear lever either just forwards or backwards to select the next gear: no left to right movement ? Like your channel 100% thanks Ciao
if they had a hydraulic clutch they could connect their power steering pump to push pressure though a valve to press the clutch in, this way it could be electronically controlled and wouldn't need an air compressor or an air cylinder
I once saw somebody use a motorcycle grip as the shifter, and the attached motorcycle clutch lever as the clutch for the car. So they just grab the grip and squeeze the lever and change gear. So everything necessary to change gears was all in one handle. You know, I may have seen it on this channel, but it was a while ago. A year ago at least
I mean, I guess that would work for a little while, but clutches aren't just on/off, there's a lot more to using a clutch than that. You'll lose your clutch and probably your throw out bearing real quick like this. So maybe not 107% success
I often thought of putting something on the gearshift to disengage the clutch andyou did itk rode motor cycles may be a clutch from a motorcycle somehow through a hydrolic set up for operating the clutch
What if you use the cilinder to other way around to engage the cluch when you pres the button, it will be like revving the engine and then drop the cluch
😎 really cool idea it's definitely something different and seems to work for what you want it to do grate job love viewing your videos From dan at Notts modified car channel 🇬🇧🇬🇧
I once drove an old VW beetle that had a similar system. Not sure if it was vacuum operated or had a solenoid of some type to kick the clutch in and out. The shift knob pushed down to depress the clutch, so you pretty much had to let go of the shifter in between each shift for the clutch to engage. Freeking miserable thing to drive!
Next extend rods of gearbox put some cylinders on them and make automatic gearbox or if not automatic make padle controled gearbox,... :) Just like Smart... So you can grab control and motors from Smart and put it to Lada.
I wonder if this can be made with a squeeze trigger on the shifter instead of a button so ya can feel when it engages, kinda like a pressure washer might have
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Using the failing seal as a relief valve is very good.
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like the time my bros lawn mower's throttle spring broke....he goes out to the drive way ..comes back with a hand full of gravle.. selects a rock ..wedges the throttle in the correct positon.. keeps mowing.. lol
Move the button in front of the accelerator pedal, so that when you take your foot off of the gas pedal it opens the clutch. Then it will be 100% automatic!
Rip release bearing lol
Sadly they won't it's just dubbed so they don't react to English comments
And mostly likely the original is monthsssss old
@@smug_cat1 still a fun idea
@@TrillMurray everything on these cars is RIP, that’s why they use them 😢😂
@@smug_cat1 I'm with you on this one. Highly unlikely that these guys actually read the comments. This video might of been made last year for all we know.
Regardless, they are just fun to watch the craziness that they come up with.
would probably better if you used a industrial double action electromagnetical valve (move the cylinder in both directions), a Texas Instruments CD4013 chip (clock divider circuit) and some "power" transistors from the NOT Q pins of the CD4013 to power the coils.
one button press to engage and a second (on the same) button press to release.
Rally car!
too complicated. This thing is already complicated...
MAN trucks used this as factory extra it was called ComfortShift , and for rolling out and stopping you had to use the normal clutch pedal but once you were in motion you could use the button
Yeah, i own one. Its great ❤️
@@standavranek892 iveco did also made one, back in 1990s
Most premium tractor brands have this.
it s been done a lot in the past
This has to be in the top 10 or so coolest things you've done. This one could have a practical purpose. You could adapt this to someone's car, with a little more work, if they broke their leg or something. Neat!
volkswagen had this on their beetles in the 1970s. Research vw autostick
@@Hammerjockeyrepair I remember reading about that. Those cars were 0-60 in 1 minute!
I used to have friend who had a ford ranger with a hand activated clutch. It had a grip cabled up, similar to a bicycle brake handle. It was a bit of a learning curve, but was really nice.
ya i had a friend in a wheel chair whos dodge pickup was like that. it was a really cool modification
@@andrewbarnard3229 it was odd at first, but I would prefer that to the pedal for every day driving myself.
@@barrelracer318 and I’m sure handicapped folks want a fucking leg to push that pedal
F1 steering, Pattle shifters , 4 independent brake levers , washer fluid spraying tires , fuel injected afterburner anti lag
You guys should try linking two transmissions in series making a 25 speed manual next
0:52 "Let's get stuck right into it"
I wonder if he made a pun in the native language, like "Lets engage into it" Like how clutches get engaged lol.
Clever. Shorten the piston actuator arm and move the piston closer to the clutch linkage. This would lessen the engagement period and the delay before the clutch grabs
Nice job!..
i made a similar one, some years back, because i have a bad knee and the clutch was heavy to push.
just a, windshield wiper motor, a pully, brakecable from a moped and a open/close side windows kontakt, it work fine
during the group B era a car manufacturer (i think it was Audi) created a "hand clutch" to gain time. There was a handle on the shifter the pilot grabbed as he gripped the shifter releasing the clutch immédiately (at this exact moment the pedal dropped to the floor)
Wiring the shifter switch in parallel with the brake light switch will solve your stopping problem and will also make it more intuitive for starting in first gear.
You guys always come up with something!
This was very unique!
It will be nightmare in uphill road ... Homemade auto clutch .. ua-cam.com/video/u7VQdO3lvEw/v-deo.html
Microcontroller is a must .. ...
my 1971 volkswagen super beetle had what they called the "auto stick" It used engine vacuum to a canister that pushed the fork and worked flawlessly
I really love these Russians... They know what they're doing, everytime they're creating some really hilarious shit no-one ever thinks of even trying to do in the first place... i think this could really be my new favourite youtube channel
As an idea, what about seeing if a Lada could run off a self contained compressed air supply? Even operated off a long air hose would add to goofieness!I remember scale model engines being made to operate pneumatically .
Wow! I’m impressed that it even worked! That’s insane! Maybe if the cylinder would have released a tad faster, I think the gear changing would have been a little more engaging! Anyway great job boys!👌😎👍
This kind of system isn't too uncommon in tractors with a manual gearbox. You would use ur clutch pedal with the foot to take off and use the button when shifting, since it releases the clutch fairly quickly, which isn' t a problem, when already moving.
Great great job guys! Thank you from Tennessee USA, always love your work! Please keep them coming..💪👊💥
Tennessee? Then you need not look far from home to find all kinds of rigged together shit like they do on here 😆
Some years ago I fitted a system to a few cars suitable for a disabled person or a person who had thier left leg amputated. It used a vacuum servo controlled by an electronoc controller. It also had a switch on the gear lever and a switch on the brake pedel. It would disengage the clutch if you pressed the switch on the gear lever to change gear. It would also disengage the clutch if you pressed the brake pedel while pulling up at trafic lights. It also had a hand held box that was used to fine tune it the drivers style of driving. It worked really well when it was fine tuned and adjusted properly. The system was made in Holland and could be bought as a kit. At the time I had an outo electrical business and I was a selling and instalation agent.
Actually, I just remembered it used an electric motor, sorry it was a long time ago.
Great video,
i think stepper motor or geared DC with a var linear Resistor controller,.
Control over clutch, place it on the drive wheel, the speed of the geared motor will allow for full control up to 'dropping' clutch.
I'd place value in trying to find a good quality linear resistor, ideally from an old cathode ray TV or old TV radio COMBO Set.
What about using a cable lever from a bike? It could be handy to use just to departure and module the clutch. While using the button once the car is moving.
Not enough force for a car clutch unless you use a hydraulic with booster which defeats the purpose of simplicity.
In one of my off road buggies I had a bicycle brake lever mounted on the floor gear shifter. It operated the accelerator so I could have one foot on the clutch, and the other on the brake. And then I had my hand throttle. It worked fabulous. I still had a gas pedal on the floor.
Made a push button air clutch for a 1999 Mazda protege 20 years ago. Worked good.
My old neighbor was paralyzed form thr waist down but loved to ride quads! His quads had these setup professionally. Raptor 700. Dude was crazy
Looks similar to a Volkswagen Beetle Autostick. You push down on the shifter and it activates the vacuum system that pushes in the clutch
Maybe an air pressure gauge for the cylinder so you can see when the cylinder is about run out of air/engage.
Shop air compressors already have a mechanism to turn on the compressor when their tank pressure is low & turn if off when full, I wonder why they couldn't integrate that somehow
You need to have a hydraulic/pneumatic grip lever attached to the shifter instead of an electronic button so you can vary the amount of pressure used on the clutch.
Sounds kinda like a clutch
@@5.43v yes
Or a centrifugal clutch for starting. That's what Standard did with the Standrive transmission.
Two not holding the button down until it fully reaches the end of the travel on the cylinder you can momentarily press the button just enough to slightly charge it with air so that you wouldn't have to wait for the full stroke of it just enough to make it release the clutch and let off the button
Please try to use that as a hill start assist: Left foot on the brake pedal to hold the car still, right foot on the gas. Release the button, press the gas to bring the revs up and try to release the brake only when the clutch starts to engage.
HSA is for pussies !
Anyone who can actually drive a manual car knows how to use the old "heel & toe" technique 😉👍
The only problem is when it is necessary to use a half clutch, in which case the previous idea of the centrifugal clutch solves the problem, although friction deteriorates the system quickly, especially when towing a lot of mass.
Love seeing new videos from you Guys
There's nothing you guys can't make! Such a capable crew.
These guys have a Lada skill.
If I ever lose my clutch foot I'm 100% doing this 👌
You're actually better off driving your car without using the clutch when changing gears. To only briefly pressing the clutch pedal with your right foot when engaging first gear when stationary.
Do try this out. It's easier than it sounds.
@@thefreedomguyuk if he loses his foot how the hell is he gonna even briefly press the clutch
@@thefreedomguyuk it sure is. manually shifted automatic, except red lights or stop signs. learned it by accident driving a drywall delivery boom truck as a kid. just had my hand on the shifter going from 3rd to fourth gear, ten speed road ranger trans. and it fell into 4rth on it's own. like a beam of light hit me and a sound of magical horns or something. bwaaaaa, but soft sound. thought, HEY! that was cool. perfected it from then on out. years later i found they're actually designed to do it.
Lol or buy auto gearbox..easy.
@@garycarpenter2932 Wouldn't that wear the synchronizers a lot faster?
I remember Volkswagens autostick (electric-vacuum) clutch, I drove a friends in the early ‘80’s. As it turns out Chrysler tried something similar.
The slow release of the cylinder is like the BMW clutch delay valve.
Maybe try Putting a spring to help the clutch engage quicker and with a bit more force.
5:15 Props to the cameraman for trying his best to keep up with the car 😂
You guys should combine this with a second centrifugal clutch so that the car doesn’t stall going into gear since it will be clutch in at low revs
pointless. They could simply copy what volkswagen did in 1971 in their beetle called the "autostick" and it worked flawlessly
@@Hammerjockeyrepairstupid. These guys don't copy.
I feel like it would work great with a return spring
The pressure plate IS a return spring. A pretty strong one at that
@@Oink_Blaster I did a clutch today. I stepped on the old one and it barely moved. I was actually a little surprised.
What a fantastic idea proof of concept. I think if you were to fix the seals on the cylinder and add a pressure switch with a light on the dash to show the clutch engaging you might need not use so much throttle. Thanks a very good idea with so many uses.
volkswagen had a perfect production of the "autostick" in the 70s bugs!
Clearly someone has an agenda with a German company
Very interesting video. You always have great ideas. You always come up with any project. Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to your next project.
Vlad would make such a great Santa-Clause, he has the build and the voice for it, thanks for sharing guys.
That system with a belt driven compressor and some kind of switch on the gas pedal and/or tided with the brake lights would be honestly fun to try.
Lada submarine!
Man you always have something for us
The problem is the piston doesn't have what a human has. The ability to feel the spring of the clutch. It let's out evenly, instead of letting off when there's bite. It would need an electronic program to let the clutch out faster at the end of the stroke at a certain rpm...
Work great. Trying it on an incline would be a challenge.
Excellent but the clutch piston lags a bit. The valve empties late. It fills up only when you press the accelerator pedal.The air force may not be enough for the clutch spring. Maybe you should use hydraulic pump and piston.
I remember driving my grandpa's old Ford dump truck pouring gravel. The range control was a pneumatic button on the shifter
This is funny as hell.
Funny that I got similar idea some months ago, as why Automakers don't do as Farming Tractor Manufactures, and install a clutch button in the gear leaver.
It's actually not that unusual to see that function. JD Power shifters achieved something similar, albeit with a different technology.
I'd love to see a clutch where when you push it half way down the clutch disengages and the other half is for braking. Then release brake half way and neutral then other half released is clutch.
Case backhoes have electric/hydraulic clutch with a button on the shifter too
I think a manual air valve set up to a motorcycle clutch handle mounted to the shifter would work more smoothly.
Better than a Sprint-Shift 😁
To make it 'fully' semi auto you should've doubled the switch input and connect it also to the brake pedal switch.
Suggestion:What about making a gearbox like a racing crashbox where you change gears by just pressing the gear lever either just forwards or backwards to select the next gear: no left to right movement ?
Like your channel 100% thanks
Ciao
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I seem to think NSU had this where you would push the gearstick down when changing and that would disengage the clutch too
if they had a hydraulic clutch they could connect their power steering pump to push pressure though a valve to press the clutch in, this way it could be electronically controlled and wouldn't need an air compressor or an air cylinder
Ladas didn't come with power steering
Replacing the button with a capacitive switch on the top of the shifter would be an interesting idea
My Trabant has a button operated clutch. Its called Hycomat.
I once saw somebody use a motorcycle grip as the shifter, and the attached motorcycle clutch lever as the clutch for the car. So they just grab the grip and squeeze the lever and change gear. So everything necessary to change gears was all in one handle. You know, I may have seen it on this channel, but it was a while ago. A year ago at least
Its quite common on some rally cars here where i lice cuz there isnt much space where your feet go
Maybe attempt at using a method called rev matching for smoother shifting. Up and down shifting. Coild help alot.
A wiper motor, or two in parallel for extra torque would be interesting as an actuator motor
I mean, I guess that would work for a little while, but clutches aren't just on/off, there's a lot more to using a clutch than that. You'll lose your clutch and probably your throw out bearing real quick like this. So maybe not 107% success
Long live garage 54
Some Valtra tractors have a button clutch on the shifter
I often thought of putting something on the gearshift to disengage the clutch andyou did itk rode motor cycles may be a clutch from a motorcycle somehow through a hydrolic set up for operating the clutch
I love this channel lol
What if you use the cilinder to other way around to engage the cluch when you pres the button, it will be like revving the engine and then drop the cluch
That reminds me of the Standard 10 with the Standrive transmission
This is why vw tried an autoclutch and it failed. Many beetle restorers simply put a clutch pedal in
You can use a cable tied to a pedal next to the brake
I'm definitely installing something like this if i ever lose a leg
The smart car has mastered all of this.
Inspiring!
Solid!
Top KEK!
Have you guys tried putting a PTO shaft on a Lada yet? I'd like to see one use tractor implements.
Try it on a 20 degree inclination on q stop and go traffic.
😎 really cool idea it's definitely something different and seems to work for what you want it to do grate job love viewing your videos
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I think using a wiper motor as lever for the clutch movement would be better
Also getting the lever to return back to basic position
I always wanted to do this with a motorcycle lever on the shifter
Add a hand throttle to the gear shift and you only need a brake pedal.
Could you hook-up both pedal (to launch) and button (shift) ?
Is it possible to replace the clutch with a torque converter ??
And test if we need no more clutch to change gear
You should use a spring to decrease the releasing time
I once drove an old VW beetle that had a similar system. Not sure if it was vacuum operated or had a solenoid of some type to kick the clutch in and out. The shift knob pushed down to depress the clutch, so you pretty much had to let go of the shifter in between each shift for the clutch to engage. Freeking miserable thing to drive!
Why don't you run it from the boost box for engine breaking?
Would putting a switch under the brake pedal to disengage the clutch do the trick for stopping? I guess that's what the brake light switch is for.
Next extend rods of gearbox put some cylinders on them and make automatic gearbox or if not automatic make padle controled gearbox,... :) Just like Smart... So you can grab control and motors from Smart and put it to Lada.
I wonder if this can be made with a squeeze trigger on the shifter instead of a button so ya can feel when it engages, kinda like a pressure washer might have
Just an idea, can you make a video with full hho converted lada?
Video idea : exhaust throttle have the carburettor set to wide open and have a ball valve on the exhaust to regulate engine speed
So basically choke the engine via exhaust back pressure?
how to blow your engine:
You should try to make an electric car diy
I wonder if fixing the leak will allow them to do a burnout???
carnage of oil drum snow plow, turbo exploded...
Try doing a hill start with this setup, I bet this will be almost impossible,,,
could you make an electro magnetic clutch on same principle like shorting a motor?