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!
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!
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!..
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
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.
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
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.
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 .
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.
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 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.
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)
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.
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!👌😎👍
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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...
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.
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
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
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.
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 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
MAN trucks used to have a similar system they called 'comfort shift', but you had to use the clutch pedal to move off or stop, it was too abrupt apparently, so it was locked out til you were moving. They probably took years and a big bag of cash to develop theirs and you didn't. I'd say you've won! Oh, and yours doesn't have complex electronics to go wrong either, unlike theirs.
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
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
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.
You should have modeled it after the 71 automatic stick Volkswagen beetle where the vacuum from the engine sucked the pressure plate. Much easier design and there's a reason why they quit making it 🤣👍
Allot of automatic lorries are in fact manual gearboxes that is robot controlled with? Air... And the brand called Man, a lorries manufacture had on the very high end models a comfort shift feature. The last 10-14 or was it 16 gears? Anyways the tall gears you where able to press in comfort shift to change gears without needing to use the clutch just as shown in the video here. BUT NOT THE LOW GEARS XD But then we got USA not using a clutch at all.. So? But yea this is not a new idea. Just a fun one. Something even worse. A auto gearbox that still have the driver needing to use the clutch to stop and start... So your going along and come to a stop sign or red light. You slow down, down, down and then stall out... You forgot that you had to use the clutch XD It was a way to transition from lorries being all manuals to auto boxes. Since the tech was new a clutch was necessary to please the drivers. And really when backing up with a trailer or in general just reversing to a loading dock the robot automatic gearbox WANT you to slam into something solid. Give even a tiny amount of gas to much and BANG you just reversed into the dock and maybe ruined something. Instead of gently touch as you should. Your trusting the robot to not mess up a hill reverse where the goal is to mesh gently with the loading dock. Like it has no idea what your trying to do and try and be helpful. Ending up looking like a fool ramming into stuff. But the clutch auto gearbox is :c The clutch should be optional and not out right removed. Anyways. Fun vid.
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...
5:15 Props to the cameraman for trying his best to keep up with the car 😂
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!
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!..
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
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
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
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.
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 .
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.
F1 steering, Pattle shifters , 4 independent brake levers , washer fluid spraying tires , fuel injected afterburner anti lag
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.
Some Valtra tractors have a button clutch on the shifter
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 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.
Made a push button air clutch for a 1999 Mazda protege 20 years ago. Worked good.
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)
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.
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!👌😎👍
You guys should try linking two transmissions in series making a 25 speed manual next
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 .. ...
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 😉👍
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 😆
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
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
There's nothing you guys can't make! Such a capable crew.
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
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
Looks similar to a Volkswagen Beetle Autostick. You push down on the shifter and it activates the vacuum system that pushes in the clutch
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.
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.
I remember Volkswagens autostick (electric-vacuum) clutch, I drove a friends in the early ‘80’s. As it turns out Chrysler tried something similar.
Have you guys tried putting a PTO shaft on a Lada yet? I'd like to see one use tractor implements.
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.
Love seeing new videos from you Guys
Maybe try Putting a spring to help the clutch engage quicker and with a bit more force.
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 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
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
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.
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.
Make it vacuum powered. then use vacuum from engine
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.
I remember driving my grandpa's old Ford dump truck pouring gravel. The range control was a pneumatic button on the shifter
The slow release of the cylinder is like the BMW clutch delay valve.
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!
These guys have a Lada skill.
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...
Case backhoes have electric/hydraulic clutch with a button on the shifter too
Vlad would make such a great Santa-Clause, he has the build and the voice for it, thanks for sharing guys.
I wonder if fixing the leak will allow them to do a burnout???
I think a manual air valve set up to a motorcycle clutch handle mounted to the shifter would work more smoothly.
I seem to think NSU had this where you would push the gearstick down when changing and that would disengage the clutch too
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?
Replacing the button with a capacitive switch on the top of the shifter would be an interesting idea
Work great. Trying it on an incline would be a challenge.
To make it 'fully' semi auto you should've doubled the switch input and connect it also to the brake pedal switch.
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
My Trabant has a button operated clutch. Its called Hycomat.
Man you always have something for us
You can use a cable tied to a pedal next to the brake
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
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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.
Is it possible to replace the clutch with a torque converter ??
And test if we need no more clutch to change gear
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
Maybe attempt at using a method called rev matching for smoother shifting. Up and down shifting. Coild help alot.
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
MAN trucks used to have a similar system they called 'comfort shift', but you had to use the clutch pedal to move off or stop, it was too abrupt apparently, so it was locked out til you were moving. They probably took years and a big bag of cash to develop theirs and you didn't. I'd say you've won! Oh, and yours doesn't have complex electronics to go wrong either, unlike theirs.
but the big difference that man's method actually worked flawlessly... :D I drove a truck like that, it was super comfy
@@johnnyhun1 I'd disagree! Once we had worked out how to bypass it without fault codes constantly coming up, I had it disabled.
Try it on a 20 degree inclination on q stop and go traffic.
Add a hand throttle to the gear shift and you only need a brake pedal.
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
Better than a Sprint-Shift 😁
This is why vw tried an autoclutch and it failed. Many beetle restorers simply put a clutch pedal in
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
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.
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 use a spring to decrease the releasing time
A wiper motor, or two in parallel for extra torque would be interesting as an actuator motor
Just an idea, can you make a video with full hho converted lada?
could you make an electro magnetic clutch on same principle like shorting a motor?
Are there no Raspberry Pis in Russia? Make a manual into an automatic. I bet this thing dumps the clutch real bad.
This is funny as hell.
You should have modeled it after the 71 automatic stick Volkswagen beetle where the vacuum from the engine sucked the pressure plate. Much easier design and there's a reason why they quit making it 🤣👍
The smart car has mastered all of this.
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
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.
Why not have a dual.system, manual.clutch fornstart n stop. And a super fast air assisted clutch
Could you hook-up both pedal (to launch) and button (shift) ?
Try doing a hill start with this setup, I bet this will be almost impossible,,,
Can you still rev match once you get moving?
A lot of tractors have been using this idea for quite some number of years now but never seen it on a car
Allot of automatic lorries are in fact manual gearboxes that is robot controlled with? Air... And the brand called Man, a lorries manufacture had on the very high end models a comfort shift feature. The last 10-14 or was it 16 gears? Anyways the tall gears you where able to press in comfort shift to change gears without needing to use the clutch just as shown in the video here. BUT NOT THE LOW GEARS XD But then we got USA not using a clutch at all.. So? But yea this is not a new idea. Just a fun one.
Something even worse. A auto gearbox that still have the driver needing to use the clutch to stop and start... So your going along and come to a stop sign or red light. You slow down, down, down and then stall out... You forgot that you had to use the clutch XD
It was a way to transition from lorries being all manuals to auto boxes. Since the tech was new a clutch was necessary to please the drivers. And really when backing up with a trailer or in general just reversing to a loading dock the robot automatic gearbox WANT you to slam into something solid. Give even a tiny amount of gas to much and BANG you just reversed into the dock and maybe ruined something. Instead of gently touch as you should. Your trusting the robot to not mess up a hill reverse where the goal is to mesh gently with the loading dock. Like it has no idea what your trying to do and try and be helpful. Ending up looking like a fool ramming into stuff.
But the clutch auto gearbox is :c The clutch should be optional and not out right removed. Anyways. Fun vid.
You guys should replace an egr system
with a turbo!
That reminds me of the Standard 10 with the Standrive transmission
lets see yall build a 3 axel 6x6 water tank truck with pump and heated cab out of ladas.