For 2023 and earlier model years, GM mated the 8-speed automatic transmission tagged with RPO code M5U with the naturally aspirated 4.3L V6 LV1 gasoline engine rated at 276 horsepower at 5,200 rpm ...

T he automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...

DCTs may shift automatically, but they're nothing like normal automatic transmissions, and that extends to the fluids. Here's what DCTs need to stay lubricated.

Automatic shift transmissions were first introduced on a broad scale in ... This cutaway illustration of a 1969 Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 transmission gives the viewer an idea of the inner workings ...

The Hydra-Matic 6L90 (production code MYD) is a six-speed automatic transmission produced by General Motors for use in rear- and rear-biased all-wheel-drive vehicles with a longitudinal powertrain ...

Automatic transmissions often last 100,000 miles or more without needing repairs, although it’s not unheard of for mechanical (or electronic) gremlins to strike before that.

The Sturtevant Mill Company is recognized as the first to design an automatic transmission and use it in a car in 1905. But the car was a failure and while other companies attempted to improve on ...

For 2022, every full-size Ram ProMaster van comes with a nine-speed automatic transmission, ... 2500, and 3500 versions of the cargo van, window van, chassis cab, and cutaway.

(Cutaway courtesy Borg-Warner) ... In the automatic transmission, clutches are hydraulically activated such that each of the planetary-set components—the internal gear (1), ...

I can't have enough of videos that show things cut in half working. This one shows a fully automatic shotgun in action. It's sad to see how humans spend ...

The C4 is a simple automatic transmission with separate bolt-on bellhousing for six and small V-8 applications. There’s also a big-block C4 for 385-series and 351/400M engines.

The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...