I was thinking

What if you chop an auto in half rite behind the pump and then weld a plate to the rest, block off any oil ports that arn't needed and then bolt a belhousing to the plate and a fly wheel to the out put shaft from the tourqu conveter. So what you whould have is an tourqu conveter powering your flywheel for your standerd tranny. And the pump whould keep the tourqu converter pumed up and it whouls also pump the oil to the cooler

what da think

Tranny housing are cast aluminum, have fun welding on a plate that will stay on......:skull:

Not ALL auto's are cast AL. I honestly don't see the the advantage anyhow. All you'd get would be the slippage of a TQ and no real advantages.:beer:

Originally posted by The Mick
Not ALL auto's are cast AL. I honestly don't see the the advantage anyhow. All you'd get would be the slippage of a TQ and no real advantages.:beer:

stand on the breaks without killing it..

and get a lockup so on decents you can just flip the switch and bingo standard...

but again..that is alot of work..just run a auto..

the first thing that popped into my mind was having a manual linked to an auto, so you could select 1,2 or 3rd for a different range and then use the manual to go 1 2nd etc.

then go the dualcase.

Man i gotta stop :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin:

as far as I can tell you only need a fluid resivoir and a pump to fill the tourqe converter for it to function properly, there wouldn't really be a need for a clutch as you can stop and start moving with the converter and you can drive a stick shift without using the clutch, just takes practice.

I didn't think about a lockup. Hmmm....
and it is very easy to drive a Scout w/ no clutch....

So, what is the advantage of this setup over an auto w/a full manual valvebody?

Pete

Only advantage I can see would be a low geared auto. Not much of a advantage for the work it would require.
I think there would also be a issue of supporting the mainshaft coming out of the torque converter. I don't think one bearing would do it.:confused: