SSS BA Auto shifter into AU Forte Wagon Take 2

[JC]

Originally Posted by waggaclint

yeah interesting reading..but my question is why not just use a set-up out of an AU T-SERIES that had the buttons on the steering wheel......

Good idea - when I was originally looking at doing this, there weren't that many auto T series wrecks floating around, and I was trying to do it for a reasonable price, not the $1000's certain wreckers would have charged.

Blackers - No, never got them going, and the car is sold now.

[blackers10]

oh ok well least we have closure on the idea now hehe

what gears did the SSS use?? was it 12 3 AND D .. or did it only shift to 3rd? then you had to manually move it accross to D??

[JC]

Originally Posted by blackers10

oh ok well least we have closure on the idea now hehe

what gears did the SSS use?? was it 12 3 AND D .. or did it only shift to 3rd? then you had to manually move it accross to D??

When you bumped across to manual, it held 3rd, IIRC. It wouldn't hold first in the AU though, as the 1st gear valve or whatever wouldn't allow it to hold - at about 50km/h, you ended with a boxful of neutrals, and had to slow down and change up a gear before it would grab second. This was the major reason the buttons never got to final production - there was at least one set being tested on a "mule", but that's as far as it got, as you need to use the same valve or solenoid or whatever as the T series used (at around $500 a pop), which just made the whole thing a bit too expensive, for what was supposed to be a cheap option (under $500 total).

[blackers10]

aaa that sucks eh
is the valve in the trans it self?

[JC]

Originally Posted by blackers10

aaa that sucks eh
is the valve in the trans it self?

Yep - apparently it's an internal thingamybob. Muzza could tell you more.

[blackers10]

my curiosity has been satisfied thanks JC
im happy shifting the old fashioned way hehe

[StealthAu]

I'm not, were can I get the electronics required JC?