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"Nowadays you can get good robotized gearboxes that have almost none of the disadvantages, except for a slightly higher price." 1. These automatic transmissio
by icantdrive55 8y ago
"Nowadays you can get good robotized gearboxes that have almost none of the disadvantages, except for a slightly higher price."
1. These automatic transmissions are still the weak spot on most vechicles.
2. They still use clutch bands that wear. The trannies are anything but simple. Most mechanics farm out rebuilding a tranny. I would recon that a malfunctioning automatic transmission us the number one cause of junked vechicles, besides wrecked vechicles.
3. It's straight forward weekend job to replace a clutch.
4. We all know modern engines can put close to 300,000 miles on them. Manufacturers know it. There's a reason they only give 70-100k on the tranny.
5. A modern automatic transmission is not a simple fix. Even AMCO guys are learning on your dime (notice they won't just give a price for a complete rebuild over the phone? AMCO in San Rafael, CA. Yea, I remember you slick.)
6. When checking a used vechicle, check that tranny fluid. It should be pink as a baby's butt. (Even then--there's no guarantee. The seller could have just changed the fluid. It shouldn't be black, brown, or smell burnt.
7. Sorry about my tirate on automatic transmissions. I've been to Automotive school, and worked as a mechanic for two years. The Automatic Transmission always intimided me.
If anyone could come up with clutch bands that don't wear, well let's say, you could dine with the 1 percenters? Tyat that be hell though?
- ForHackernews 8y agoI think you might be getting downvoted for using an abbreviation for 'transmission' that also happens to be a homonym for a slur against transgender people. You've written a good, informative comment drawing on your specialist expertise, so it seems a shame to have it lose visibility. You might consider editing to change the word that could be upsetting some people.
- yhoneycomb 8y ago>You might consider editing to change the word that could be upsetting some people. Are you serious right now?
- ForHackernews 8y agoI'm not being sarcastic, if that's what you're asking. It seems silly to to lose a worthwhile comment to censorious flagging.
- ZoomZoomZoom 8y agoI imagine vividly you visiting places like diyAudio or electronicspoint forums with this suggestion. May be you should try it.
- angry_octet 8y agoCan whoever flagged the original comment please STOP and THINK. Nothing wrong with the post. OMG. @icantdrive55 you are 100% right.
- angry_octet 8y agoOn investigation icantdrive55, someone is systematically killing your posts. All you can do it create a new account.
- danieltillett 8y agoMaybe it is a bot trigger by certain words since I can’t imagine anyone is that stupid.
- angry_octet 8y agoI guess I have a higher opinion of the capabilities of stupid people.
- dredmorbius 8y ago"Dead" is generally admin activity, "killed" is user flags. Seems to date to 2016, though I don't see an admin comment.
- dangerface 8y agoTo be upset you would have to take it out of the context its presented in, at which point its out of context. Seems like people are trying to be upset, shame on them.
- userbinator 8y agoIn electronics/electrician-speak, "tranny" is also commonly used to refer to transformers, but I'd never confuse that meaning with the automotive one nor the gender one given the context. I don't think older automatics are hard to work on (50s-70s era), but I agree that the modern electronic ones are horribly complex.
- kennyadam 8y agoPlease don't be serious. If anyone is offended by transmission being abbreviated to tranny... well, they need to rethink their priorities.