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1. double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:35:51 -0800; I'm getting pretty good at double clutching when I downshift, but I'm curious, is there any benefit to single clutching? let's see if i've got this right: how normal people downshift: depress clutch,; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01471.html (8,013 bytes)
2. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:55:57 -0000; IMO, single clutching is essential to the well-being of the synchro cones. You are giving them an easy life by matching the revs of the engine to the requirements of the new gear ratio. BTW, I've fo; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01473.html (9,156 bytes)
3. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Carl French <cfrench@cybertours.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:06:24 -0500; Anectdotal but, I have found that after disengaging the switch if I give the throttle the slightest 'blip' the transmission mechanically disengages very nicely. Carl French non-synchro O/D 67B; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01474.html (7,903 bytes)
4. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "British Sportscar Center" <mgpa@calweb.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:40:04 -0800; Hmmm, David, now there's a puzzling statement! Double-clutching is the technique where one blips the throttle as one passes through neutral to match the revs of the lower gear, so I believe you've go; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01475.html (10,253 bytes)
5. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:40:43 -0800; If single clutching (for lack of a better term, I think I made that up) is nice to the synchro too then what is the point of releasing & depressing the clutch in the middle of the double clutch oper; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01481.html (9,675 bytes)
6. RE: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "Lind, Jon" <JLind@ColoradoSkiing.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:52:46 -0700; The only reason I've ever done it is because my clutch master cylinder was screwed up and needed the extra pump to get the pressure up. The newly resleeved and rebuilt one should be in soon, hopefull; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01482.html (8,373 bytes)
7. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:11:07 -0500; Have you ever driven a car with a non-synchro gearbox? I suspect not - since that procedure described by Skye as "single-clutching" would be absolutely useless when downshifting into a non-synchro g; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01484.html (10,654 bytes)
8. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:29:14 -0400; My '73 Volvo with Laycock O/D, advised dipping the clutch just as Dave suggests. It's smoother, therefore it seems to make sense that it would be easier on the drivetrain. I do it. Allen ** Allen H.; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01486.html (9,041 bytes)
9. RE: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:10:47 -0800; The same as down shifting. Match engine speed to gearbox speed. In the case of up shifting, put the clutch in and wait for engine revs to drop down to a suitable point. You can also use this techniqu; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01487.html (12,407 bytes)
10. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:37:14 -0400; ' Brain's not working. I'll try this again. The OWNER'S MANUAL for my '73 Volvo...advised dipping the clutch..." Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs 49 YT, 57 ZB, 58; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01489.html (9,466 bytes)
11. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: ya632@victoria.tc.ca (Paul Nelson); Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:15:55 -0800; Sorry, but this doesn't make sense at all to me. How can it be double clutching unless you engage the clutch twice? I accelerate during the time in neutral when the clutch pedal is out. That's the wa; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01493.html (9,091 bytes)
12. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:52:54 -0800; Exactly! What you describe is what I thought I wrote. David described that technique (by a slip of the keyboard, I'm sure) as what Skye called single-clutching, but it is, as you rightly state, doubl; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01494.html (10,340 bytes)
13. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 00:17:28 -0600; all the gears, do you know what the proper clutch/throttle procedure is for upshifting? What? More than four hours and no one has responeded to this yet? I must be a really old fart because I learned; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01498.html (9,136 bytes)
14. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:51:02 -0000; Surely 'to clutch' is 'to grip, or hold onto', therefore de-clutching refers to pushing the clutch pedal down. PaulH. because and learned; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01505.html (11,065 bytes)
15. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:55:55 -0000; The handbook specifically says that you should not decellerate or de-clutch (!) when engaging or disengaging o/d, but I don't suppose it does any harm if you do. The early o/d had a vacuum switch arr; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01506.html (11,113 bytes)
16. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:33:16 -0500; We're on the wrong list for a flood of answers - now,if it were the MGT list...! Like you, I had driving experience on a pre-war Chevy pickup with a similar transmission, then a buddy's Model A ford; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01508.html (10,212 bytes)
17. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:14:24 -0500; On that same topic, it has become almost second nature while at a complete stop, to depress the clutch and shift into 2nd gear, before shifting into first. What are the dynamics here... given that th; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01513.html (8,954 bytes)
18. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:28:13 EST; << What? More than four hours and no one has responeded to this yet? I must be a really old fart because I learned to drive on a 3/4 ton '41 Ford p/u truck with 4-speed crash box tranny. As such, I'm; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01519.html (9,453 bytes)
19. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:43:36 EST; In a message dated 01/28/2000 12:23:11 AM Central Standard Time, barneymg@ntsource.com writes: << What? More than four hours and no one has responeded to this yet? I must be a really old fart because; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01521.html (8,493 bytes)
20. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:04:05 -0000; Hi Bill, Sure have driven non-synch 'boxes, some with none anyway and others with no synchro through wear. Tell you what, let's clarify this-I'll outline what I do and see who agrees/disagrees. (a) O; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01522.html (12,316 bytes)

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