Smooth strategy)

[Jim Davies]

On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Gwyn Reedy wrote:

> Something else tells me that the coupling got 'used' twice during a complete
> shift sequence. Purpose was to add smoothness to the shifts. TV ads touted
> the engineering skill required to fill or empty the coupling in just one
> second.
> 
It always seemed to be "in just one block"

The "engineering skill" was infact a variable displacement vane pump. This
fine piece of engineering returned in the TH125 and 700R4 in the 1980s.