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Mercedes Manual Transmissions

Tranny Man — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:04:55 +0000

Looking for in depth, highly detailed information on Mercedes Manual Transmissions? Are you an antique car collector or do you enjoy driving a 30 year old Mercedes that gets 30 plus miles per gallon of diesel fuel? To be perfectly honest, Mercedes has not used many standard shift transmissions, or gearboxes as they call them, [...]

T56 transmission for sale

Tranny Man — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:34:10 +0000

T56-Borg Warner Transmission For Sale

[/caption] The T-56 six speed manual transmission was originally designed and built by Borg-Warner for the Dodge Viper and came to be used in a wide range of performance oriented of vehicles from General Motors, Dodge, and Ford Motor Company. The transmission later was built by Tremec Corp, [...]

Manual Transmission Problems

Tranny Man — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:21:04 +0000

Manual transmission problems?

[/caption] There is a die-hard group of people who swear by manual transmissions. Their belief, in part is that manual transmission problems seem to be less common and less expensive to fix than automatic transmissions. I think they are a bit out of date a have prejudice towards manual or [...]

T5 Transmission For Sale

Tranny Man — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:32:04 +0000

T5 Transmission For Sale

[/caption] The T5 manual transmission is manufactured by Borg Warner Corporation. Being a transmission shop owner for over 25 years, of which I sold 4 and a half years ago and came to work for Brian, the owner of GotTransmissions.com, it’s possible that I worked on more B/W transmissions [...]

European Cars Make Good Use Of Manual Transmissions

Tranny Man — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:37:14 +0000

European Transmissions for Sale

[/caption] Typically speaking European drivers consider manual transmissions more suitable for their driving purposes than automatic transmissions, accounting for as much as five out of every seven transmissions made and sold in that area of the world. The two leading reasons for this type of thinking are: (1) the [...]

Manual Transmissions Old and New

Tranny Man — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:30:16 +0000

In 1832, W. H. James introduced his invention of a three-speed standard transmission. Panhard and Levassor ( a company name) are credited with the invention of the modern transmission – installed in their 1895 Panhard. On April 28, 1908, Leonard Dyer was awarded one of the earliest patents for an automotive transmission. The experimental vehicles were [...]

s10 transmission

Tranny Man — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:37:28 +0000

Oops!! Buy S10 & S-15 Transmissions GotTransmissions.com

[/caption] From 1982 to 2004 GM made a small sized pickup truck called the Chevrolet s10 or the GMC S-15 in GMC’s case. Coincidentally, the truck was introduced in the same year GM introduced the legendary T700R4 Chevy Transmissions. Or GMC Transmissions, all being equal. It was [...]

Transmission Choices Catching Up To Engine Options

Tranny Man — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:05:49 +0000

Choose your Transmission....

[/caption] An extraordinary yet subtle change is taking place in modern cars. For the first time I can think of automakers are providing as many transmissions as engine choices. The new BMW 6-Series, for example, offers just one V-8 engine, but buyers can choose from a 6-speed manual, a 6-speed [...]

Affordable Rebuilt Manual Transmissions for Sale.

Tranny Man — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:18:07 +0000

Good News: Manual Transmissions for Sale.

[/caption] Great care needs to be taken in identifying manual transmissions. Many units are produced with the same design externally, but have different ratios to work with the many engines found in these vehicles. Obviously a transmission with gear ratios for a [...]

Are Manual Transmissions A Dying Breed?

Tranny Man — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:44:22 +0000

Are Manual transmissions a dying breed?

[/caption] There was a story a while back in one of the automotive trade journals, that hand cranked windows would soon be going the way of the crank starter. Everyone opts for powered windows, so most manufacturers were simply moving to make power windows standard. And now, there [...]