All automatic transmissions have clutches of sorts. I think what you mean is when the torque converter locks, so it emulates a solid shaft instead of a lossy fluidic coupling.
Yeah, that's almost certainly what I mean. The mechanic who first explained it to me called it a clutch, whether from his own ignorance, laziness of speech, or (most likely) "baby talk for the layman customer". I got in the habit of thinking of it that way, a habit I'll now try to replace with the proper term.
My understanding is that the 3-speed automatics I grew up with did not have that feature.
Er, perhaps you mean torque converter lockup
is when the torque converter locks, so it emulates a solid shaft instead of
a lossy fluidic coupling.
Re: Er, perhaps you mean torque converter lockup
My understanding is that the 3-speed automatics I grew up with did not have that feature.