Hudson Terraplane Special 1935, Руководство пользователя

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8 TERRAPLANE SPECIAL SIX
Figure 1
OPERATION
The operation of the Terraplane Six follows standard practice in many
respects; however, even those accustomed to Hudson products may refresh their
memories on some of the details by reading the following paragraphs:
The clutch is disengaged in the conventional manner by depressing the left
foot pedal to release the engine drive from the transmission.
The transmission operation conforms to the standard shift. The clutch must
be disengaged before shifting gears.
The Terraplane synchro shift is a great improvement on the old style
synchro-mesh, in which it is necessary to pause a considerable time between
shifts, with the result that the get-away is slow.
The synchro shift on this car should be made just as rapidly as possible.
Depress the clutch pedal quickly to its full throw and snap the gear shift lever
from one speed into the next, whether shifting from first to second, from
second to high or from
high to second gear.
You will find that the shift will be made easily and that no time is lost in
the get-away or in engaging second speed when necessary.
The "Electric Hand" transmission control, which is available as a factory
installed option, has a small lever, Figure la, conveniently located just under
the rim of the steering wheel. This lever has five positions arranged in the
form of the letter H corresponding to the neutral, three forward and reverse
positions of the standard transmission shifting lever. This lever is easily
moved to any of the forward gear positions to select the gear desired. As a
safety feature, it is necessary to lift up on the lever and at the same time
push forward in order to get into the reverse position.
The control is electrical, while the actual shifting is accomplished by vacuum
power from the engine intake manifold. The control is inter-connected with
the ignition switch and a circuit breaker on the clutch pedal, making it
necessary to have the ignition turned on and the clutch pedal depressed (clutch
disengaged) before the system is energized to accomplish a shift of gears. The