How do Automatics work ?

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Wed 10 Aug 2005 23:20
How do Automatics work ? - Pezzer
I have always wondered this - I mean the conventional boxes not the rubber band jobbies or the DSGs.
I guess what I'm asking is how do they actually change, what is it that initiates and executes this. Obviously in this day and age there are electronic sensors, but autos have been around for a long time so originally it must be a hardware mechanism.

Many thanks P
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Wed 10 Aug 2005 23:24
How do Automatics work ? - AngryJonny
auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission.htm
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Wed 10 Aug 2005 23:45
How do Automatics work ? - Pezzer
Brilliant - pictures too ! Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow lunchtime.

Thanks E34
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Wed 10 Aug 2005 23:50
How do Automatics work ? - AngryJonny
Like Snopes, it's one of those web-sites where you can waste many a lunch time.
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