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Date:         Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:41:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Solenoid-operated manual shifter?
Comments: To: gull@GULL.US
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Everyone repeat after me: Sport-o-Matic






>From: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
>Reply-To: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Solenoid-operated manual shifter?
>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:37:01 -0500
>
>David Marshall wrote:
>>I have a disabled customer that REALLY wants a Syncro, but he can not
>>drive
>>a manual transmission due to the amount of pressure needed to push the
>>clutch.  I've been tossing around the idea of solenoids to control the
>>shifting, but like I said, tossing around the idea.
>
>I once saw an MG that had been modified for a guy who had a very bad
>left leg.  A hand lever, like a motorcycle clutch lever, had been
>mounted on the shifter and connected to a clutch slave cylinder.  Might
>be something to think about if your client has good hand strength.  It'd
>be a pretty easy mod compared to full solenoid-controlled shifting.
>
>--
>
>David Brodbeck, N8SRE
>'82 VW Diesel Westfalia
>'94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale
>'86 Volvo 240DL wagon


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