":Jerry:" wrote in message
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Re DAF, so did I. Wind up, wind up, wind up, go!!!!


Bloody horrid transmission, lethal in the wrong hands - literally,
there were more than a few cases of malfunctioning (wrongly set up)
transmissions ending up killing those trying to meddle...

How?


I know of one case were someone sitting in the car died due to a snapped
neck and another case of someone run down by the car he was working on,
the system used vacuum to active the variable cones (thus gear ratio) and
clutch, AIUI the wrong engine revs coupled to the wrong vacuum settings
could cause the car to achieve a very much higher velocity from a standing
start than normal or expected, that could also defeat the parking brake.
They were also lethal to the local cat population who would climb into the
nice warm belt area, squished cat makes quite a mess....

So in the first case the car engaged a very low gear with high engine revs
and that achieved enough acceleration to snap the driver's neck? That must
be one hell of an acceleration! How come you never hear of similar cases
with manual or conventional automatic transmission if you floor the
accelerator in first?

I'd thought that the belt/pulley area was sealed in a case rather than being
open to the elements. If it was open, wouldn't there also be a problem with
mud and water getting in if you went through a ford or over muddy ground?

Are all cars with CVT rear-wheel drive or have they managed to fit the
belt/pulley mechanism under the bonnet alongside the engine in modern cars
with this transmission?