Automatic transmissions are highly complex automotive components. They're significantly more complicated and challenging to work on than manual transmissions, which means expensive repairs and ...

The modernization of classic Mustangs and Fords with a modular motor or EFI is a common occurrence. Take MM&F's on-going Generation Gap project car, where Tech Editor Mark Houlahan is reviving a '68 ...

If you’ve ever wondered what’s involved in an automatic transmission rebuild, Mike Arbeau of Precise Transmission in Mississauga provides the following overview of the process. Rebuilding an automatic ...

The automatic transmission is an amazing yet terribly complex engineering feat. It works by using clutch packs, torque converters, gear sets, solenoids, gaskets, valve bodies, hydraulic parts, and ...

Unless you've got a lemon, most vehicles can continue to run well past 100,000 miles if they are well maintained. That means changing the oil at recommended intervals and making sure your transmission ...

Automatic transmissions are mysterious things, aren't they? They somehow take mechanical power from the engine, multiply it via a fluid coupling and a series of gears, and transfer it onto the drive ...

If we don’t count the addition of electronic controls and gradual mechanical and fluid dynamic improvements—the basic design of the 48RE Chrysler transmission found in our ’06 Dodge Ram 2500 has been ...

Manual and automatic transmission systems have gone head-to-head for decades, in just about every way! Today we’ll look at how the two stack up regarding repair and maintenance costs. Is there a ...

Automatic transmissions have evolved so dramatically over the past decades that today the same term covers fundamentally different mechanisms. A classical hydromechanical automatic transmission, a ...

When you think of the little Saginaw transmission, your first thought may not be racing-but maybe it should be. After all, if you're racing a Street Stock class that requires you to run an OEM ...