No one here can drive a manual transmission.......
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Awesome. I love it when he takes both hands off the wheel to change gear and range at the same time. Funny as heck.
I've driven a 13 (IIRC) speed Mack and got to flick the air power divider switch. Super cool. (was the only thing that big I have ever driven) Long live the manual trans!
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
Yup. Heres me driving my 1962 Peterbilt down a road in my area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
I'm never complaining ever again that my Corolla 5 speed is sometimes hard to drive.
Originally Posted By: Popinski
BUT THIS GRANDPA CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MACK, BABY!! 100% USA MADE!!!
Funny how things change. Mack is now a wholly owened subsidiary of AB Volvo.
BUT THIS GRANDPA CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MACK, BABY!! 100% USA MADE!!!
Funny how things change. Mack is now a wholly owened subsidiary of AB Volvo.
I've got more shift levers in my truck
This makes me want to get a manual car.
JHZR2
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I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
Originally Posted By: Rix
I've got more shift levers in my truck
I've got more shift levers in my truck
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
You can have that thing! It has a 391 Ford Gasser and a 5 speed!
I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
You can have that thing! It has a 391 Ford Gasser and a 5 speed!
Give me an auto and Im happy, put on Drive and hit the gas hehehe.
Can someone explain what the multiple sticks are for? It seems like one stick is used for some sort of a high-mid-low or high-low tailshaft range and the other stick is used to change transmission gears, and a combination of the two sets of gears gives you your various "speeds"?
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
Yup. Heres me driving my 1962 Peterbilt down a road in my area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
That was the coolest most confusing thing ever. I bet you can pilot an airplane too!!!!!
Originally Posted By: Rix
I've got more shift levers in my truck
Dang! I'm guessing the other 2 are for 4 wheel drive low and high?
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
You can have that thing! It has a 391 Ford Gasser and a 5 speed!
Back when I was little, our full-size ex-school church bus had a gasser engine and a 3 speed transmission. It was so loud and could go only 50 MPH. The engine sounded like it was going an extremely high RPM. What a dumb design....but it did get the job done.
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
That was the coolest most confusing thing ever. I bet you can pilot an airplane too!!!!!
Originally Posted By: Rix
I've got more shift levers in my truck
Dang! I'm guessing the other 2 are for 4 wheel drive low and high?
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
You can have that thing! It has a 391 Ford Gasser and a 5 speed!
Back when I was little, our full-size ex-school church bus had a gasser engine and a 3 speed transmission. It was so loud and could go only 50 MPH. The engine sounded like it was going an extremely high RPM. What a dumb design....but it did get the job done.
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Yeah, chances are, that 50mph was limited by the engine redline due to very low gearing. That kind of setup wasn't really meant for highway or open road use.
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Can someone explain what the multiple sticks are for?
In my truck and the other old truck vids posted the driver must split the main gears. If he only used the main trans there would be a 900rpm drop between gears.This is too much of a drop since the old engines only made power between 1700 and 2100 rpm.Adding the 2nd trans which is usually called a "Brownie" gives you more gears and with these gears you can keep the rpm between 1700 and 2100.
The Name "Brownie" comes from the company that originally made Auxiliary transmissions. They were made by the Brown- lipe company.
Can someone explain what the multiple sticks are for?
In my truck and the other old truck vids posted the driver must split the main gears. If he only used the main trans there would be a 900rpm drop between gears.This is too much of a drop since the old engines only made power between 1700 and 2100 rpm.Adding the 2nd trans which is usually called a "Brownie" gives you more gears and with these gears you can keep the rpm between 1700 and 2100.
The Name "Brownie" comes from the company that originally made Auxiliary transmissions. They were made by the Brown- lipe company.
Originally Posted By: Popinski
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
Yup. Heres me driving my 1962 Peterbilt down a road in my area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
That was the coolest most confusing thing ever. I bet you can pilot an airplane too!!!!!
Originally Posted By: Rix
I've got more shift levers in my truck
Dang! I'm guessing the other 2 are for 4 wheel drive low and high?
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
You can have that thing! It has a 391 Ford Gasser and a 5 speed!
Back when I was little, our full-size ex-school church bus had a gasser engine and a 3 speed transmission. It was so loud and could go only 50 MPH. The engine sounded like it was going an extremely high RPM. What a dumb design....but it did get the job done.
Front is transmission, middle single is front transfer case hi/low
rear 2 are rear transfer case hi/low and 2wd/4wd.
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
That was the coolest most confusing thing ever. I bet you can pilot an airplane too!!!!!
Originally Posted By: Rix
I've got more shift levers in my truck
Dang! I'm guessing the other 2 are for 4 wheel drive low and high?
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I love old trucks, especially old cabovers.
You can have that thing! It has a 391 Ford Gasser and a 5 speed!
Back when I was little, our full-size ex-school church bus had a gasser engine and a 3 speed transmission. It was so loud and could go only 50 MPH. The engine sounded like it was going an extremely high RPM. What a dumb design....but it did get the job done.
Front is transmission, middle single is front transfer case hi/low
rear 2 are rear transfer case hi/low and 2wd/4wd.
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
Yup. Heres me driving my 1962 Peterbilt down a road in my area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
Shifting without the clutch?
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Chris 142 will show you how it's done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8SNT3uy-4
Shifting without the clutch?
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