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From: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Electric clutch in auto. trans.
Message-ID: <401@ecn-pc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 17:50:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecn-pc.401
Posted: Tue Oct 15 17:50:52 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 01:49:10 EDT
Reply-To: langet@pur-ee.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University
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I just purchased a '85 Chevy Celebrity with a four cylinder
automatic.  In the owner's manual it talks about an electric
clutch in the transmission.  While accelerating I feel the
transmission shift through all three speeds, then later when
barely accelerating and usually going over 40 mph I feel
something like another shift, the engine speed drops noticeably
and speed increases.  Is this last `shift' my electric clutch
engaging and eliminating slippage normally in an automatic
transmission?  

By the way, I have put 1200 miles on the car so far, 220 mi. of
in town driving.  Using cruise control on the highway I have
gotten a total average of 32 mpg, with a one tank high of 36.8 mpg.
-- 
Tim Lange		Engineering Business Offices
317-494-5338		Rm 120 Engineering Administration Bldg.
Purdue University 	West Lafayette, IN  47907
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