3 May
2003
3 May
'03
2:45 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Another strange transmission was the Renault
Electroshift. This had a
speed sensor which was connected to a relay box. That controlled an
electromagnetic clutch (from what I can tell, this was not an electrical
release for a conventional clutch), and a motor/solenoid assembly
connected to the gear shift forks in the gearbox. I have the shop manual
for that too, but it's a module-swapper guide with no details as to what
goes on inside the units. I would love to obtain an old relay box so I
could pull it apart and reverse-engineer it (for interest, of course)
Used to own an R-10 Renault with that transmission. Another interesting variant
was the American Motor's E-stick. From Canadian Motoring.com:
"In the transmission department, AMC had the industry's widest
range of offerings. The Classic could have a regular three-speed
manual, with optional overdrive; a three speed automatic; an
"E-stick" semi-automatic transmission in which there was no clutch
pedal (when the shift lever was touched it automatically disengaged
the clutch, and the driver just moved the lever from gear to gear);
and "Twin-Stick" overdrive engaged by a separate console-mounted
lever."
Drove one once... Quite the odd beast.
Jim