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Post by Holly on Nov 10, 2009 8:57:03 GMT
How many gears does everyones Autos have ? Just wondering as some people have come up to me at shows saying the one in Merri (my woody) is wrong as it has a 4th gear  Anyway Merri has .... Reverse, neutral, then 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and finally Drive. and Maggi (my Shorty) has ... Reverse, neutral, then 1st, 2nd, 3rd and finally Drive. (no park or anything on either I just use neutral for that). what does everyone else have ? |
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Post by (minisniper) on Nov 10, 2009 9:31:04 GMT
Well it's funny you should ask this question!!! I was debating this with my partner only the other day and he seems to think I only have 3 and drive BUT then I spoke to Jodie and she said that I have 4 but I have to admit when I get to about 50mph I do feel she needs another gear but Jodie said the same about Boris and her's is a 1275 so it's still a mystery to me but I'd like to hear from somebody with a definitive answer and then we will all know or maybe the gear ratios are not quite right  |
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Post by Holly on Nov 10, 2009 9:35:14 GMT
do you have 4th gear listed on your selecter ?
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Post by (minisniper) on Nov 10, 2009 9:41:17 GMT
do you have 4th gear listed on your selecter ? Hiya Holly I don't have a 4th gear shown on my selector in fact mine looks exactly the same of the forum logo above  |
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Post by Holly on Nov 10, 2009 9:42:49 GMT
I wonder if it is odd that Merri has 4th listed and selectable ? |
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Post by Holly on Nov 10, 2009 10:32:20 GMT
just rememberd that I have an AP Auto service Manual burried in one of the drawers ...  Anyway it shows in there that the earlier ones did have a selectable 4th gear ...  It did not mention anything about how many actual gear each type has so still unsure if the ones with only 3 gears listed only have 3 gears. Someone did tell me once that the Drive on the 3 gear type actually has a 4th though but dont know how true that is |
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Post by Admin/Founder 2 on Nov 10, 2009 13:03:50 GMT
Hi Holly all AP Automatic units are 4 speed regardless The only differences are the earliest ones had all 4 gears selectable meaning as your manual states you could if you wished hold the Vehicle in 4th so it wouldnt change down unless you selected either D or a lower gear yourself I think it was later deemed that such a provision was no longer necessary as if you shift from 3rd into drive it selects 4th anyhow  The only other major change was when the APII was introduced when the included a Park Pawl "P" position on gear selector Then of course theres the different gear selectors that came with the various versions The Main one was of a die cast fan shape(like that in our Banner)with a seperate screwed on gear indicator plate that had the position numbers and letters stamped into it in relief. On early models it was polished with the characters picked out in black,on later models using the same selector they reversed this to black with the characters picked out in white Im not sure that the R-N-1-2-3-D ever appeared on the polished plate version but the R-N-1-2-3-4-D appeared on both colour variations The early versions had a little round gearknob kind of like an upturned rounded off top hat,which later changed to a "T" shaped top. Heres the gear selectors from the AP transmission in order of appearance first type  second type  third and final type up until APII was launched  when the APII Transmission was launched it incorporated a "P" position a different large plastic casing and long large gearknob and the Gear position indicator was illuminated as shown below   This whole assembly was lifted directly from the very last A series Metro Automatics before they got K series power Hope this helps explain things a little? Huggz Jodie |
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Post by kalkat on Nov 10, 2009 13:09:48 GMT
Wow! A nice definitive little article there And you're right in saying that all the AP transmissions are 4 speed simply with the omission of the lockable 4th on some - I believe it to be AP2b. For the real differences, you have to fossick around inside the 'box in all the oily bits  Emma |
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Post by Admin/Founder 2 on Nov 10, 2009 13:23:52 GMT
fossick??? Is that a word?  ;D ;D ;D A real word? Or an Emma Word? ?? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Holly on Nov 10, 2009 13:25:54 GMT
Thanks Jodie, at least I can now tell people where to go when they next stand there preaching to me and insisting Merri is wrong |
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Post by kalkat on Nov 10, 2009 14:27:24 GMT
fos·sick (fäs′ik)
intransitive verb
1. to prospect or search, as for gold
2. to search about; rummage
Etymology: Eng dial., prob. ult. < fuss
transitive verb
to search for; seek out
No... it's a real word - see;)
Emma
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Post by Admin/Founder 2 on Nov 10, 2009 14:37:01 GMT
you learn something new everyday ill have to remember that one then next time i cant find something in our flat ill have a serious fossick for it ;D ;D ;D |
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