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[Greg Hermann]

>On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 19:57:53 -0500 "Gwyn Reedy" <mgr at mgrcorp.com> writes:
>>Take a WWII tank or a 40's Chrysler product with 'fluid drive' and you
>have
>>a fluid coupling with a standard transmission.
>>
>>Gwyn Reedy
>>Brandon, Florida
>>mailto:mgr at mgrcorp.com

Early four speed Hydra Matics (up to '56) (Also the boxes which got B&M
hydro started, and which were made famous by folks like Big John Mazmanian
& his Hemi-Willys coupe in the old A-Gas  NHRA class) used a two element
fluid coupling, which only carried about 45% of the torque in the top two
gears. The post '56 four speed H-M units had a second, smaller fluid
coupling as well as the main one. Forget exactly what it did.

Greg
>
>Mercedes also uses it in their Unimog 4X4 and 6X6 trucks.
>
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