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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6319 Location: Derby
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7119 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds good. Until I read on to the description I imagined a centrifugal clutch a bit like those used on the little Honda 50 although I did wonder how they could claim that it never wears out.
I guess it wasn't quite as good as they describe it or it would be in common use in other vehicles.
Interesting find though.
Peter. _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6319 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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I think my Dad would have been interested. After WW2 he made a prototype automatic clutch on the centrifugal principle which he intended for servicemen who, like his friend, has suffered the loss of a leg. His clutch was fitted to a Morris 8 and worked quite well ...but someone had already patented a similar idea so it never came to anything.
I wonder how well the Smiths device works in this Isetta ?
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1513110
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4761 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if the clutch part of the Standrive system was of a similar mechanism, though that was of course operated by a switch in the gear lever knob..
The auto clutch for the early Hillman autos was built by Smiths and I think that was elctromagnetic. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6319 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Penman wrote: | I wonder if the clutch part of the Standrive system was of a similar mechanism, though that was of course operated by a switch in the gear lever knob..
The auto clutch for the early Hillman autos was built by Smiths and I think that was elctromagnetic. |
https://www.magnette.org/history/manumatic-clutch
A similar idea. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7119 Location: Edinburgh
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V8 Nutter
Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Posts: 588
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:18 am Post subject: |
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The Hillman Easydrive was so unreliable, by the early sixties dealers would only take them in part exchange offering a very low price. Common practice was swop the Easydrive badge for a De Luxe and send it through the auctions hoping no one would notice.
I always found clutchless transmissions horrible to drive. Proper automatics great, manuals no problem, but clutchless just didn't seem right. |
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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On my Advanced Police Vehicle Examiners course, part of our final exam asked us to describe two forms of transmission. I had just been reading the Smiths EasyDrive manual for Rootes vehicles the weekend before, I couldn’t resist. The next day one of the instructors told me the examiners had never heard of it and had to look it up. I passed. I have always been awkward. _________________ 1974 Mk1 Escort. |
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alanb
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 516 Location: Berkshire.
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The main problem with the Hillman system was caused by people trying to pull away in too higher gear _________________ old tourer
Morris 8 two seater |
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