Re: Another pushbutton car in the shop

[Bill Watson <chrycoman@xxxxxxxxx>]

The aluminum cased units, T-35, were also used in 4-cylinder Brirish
Ford, Austin, Morris, MG, Wolseley, Riley, Hillman, Sunbeam, and a
number of other British and French cars.

They were all 3-speed units with the cast iron case units starting in
2nd gear in Drive and Low being first.  From the driver's seat they
looked like 2 speed units with quadrants P-R-N-D-L or P-N-D-L-R.  The
transmissions were designed and built by the Warner Gear Division of
Borg-Warner, which is how other manufacturers were able to use the
unit.

Pushbuttons were used in 1957 Mercury and Monarch, 1958 Mercury and
Edsel, and 1958-62 Ramblers, except the American.  All but the Edsel
used the same button layout.

Bill
Toronto, ON



On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Gary H. <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All pushbuttons are not created equal. The type used in Ford related applications had issues. The Mopar pushbutton design has superior reliability. Be glad that is what you have. :)
>
> Yes. Borg-Warner based, called: Lincoln - Turbodrive, Ford -Cruise-o-matic / Ford-o-matic, Mercury Multimatic / Merc-o-matic, Nash & Rambler - Flashomatic, Studebaker & Packard - Flightomatic.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary H.
>
>
>>  -------Original Message-------
> ... a somewhat Chrysler-related product thats in the
>>  shop currently. Its a '62 Rambler Classic with the pushbutton
>>  "Flash-o-Matic" 3-speed auto. A very neat car and pushbutton setup as
>>  it has a 5th button (R,D2,D1,L) thats both Neutral and the engine
>>  start in one button. ... Anyone have any more
>>  interesting facts on the car? I believe it is a Borg Warner trans but
>>  not sure what model.
>>
>>  - Dave
>

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