semi automatic transmission

Asked by Sean Jul 21, 2010 at 10:31 PM about the 1974 Volkswagen Beetle

Question type: General

how does it operate with no clutch

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wzapper answered 12 years ago

Although the car does not have a clutch peddal, the transmission has a clutch. When you press on the shifting lever a switch activates a vacum pump that actuates the clutch engaging the transmission to the enginer.

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Guru9YNXL6 answered 3 years ago

The vacuum operated clutch had a pressure switch on the gearshift. Problem was, if you touched the gearshift while you were driving, it would activate the clutch and, well, think of hxitting the clutch pedal while driving - same idea. Even worse, there was a small grounding wire on the switch, when it came off (like mine did) there goes everything.

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