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  2. Manual transmission - Wikipedia

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    A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually ...

  3. Sequential manual transmission - Wikipedia

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    Sequential manual transmission shifting animation. A sequential manual transmission, also known as a sequential gearbox or sequential transmission, is a type of non-synchronous, as it is not unusual getting synchronization through dogboxes instead of torque-operated synchronizers manual transmission used mostly in motorcycles and racing cars. [1]

  4. Level crossings in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Gated level crossings were mandatory from 1839, but initial rules were for the gates to be ordinarily kept closed across the highway. [6] The original form of road level crossing on British railways dates from 1842 onwards, [6] [7] it consisted of two or four wooden gates (one or two on each side of the railway). When open to road traffic, the ...

  5. Level crossing - Wikipedia

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    Full-, half- or no-barrier crossings superseded gated crossings, although crossings of older types can still be found in places. In rural regions with sparse traffic, the least expensive type of level crossing to operate is one without flagmen or gates, with only a warning sign posted.

  6. Gear stick - Wikipedia

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    Gear stick of Rolls-Royce Phantom I Open Tourer Windovers (1926) Dog-leg gear lever in a Porsche-Diesel 218 tractor (1959) 6-speed manual gear shift in a Fiat 500L. A typical manual transmission vehicle, with (for example) five forward gears, will thus have seven possible positions: the five forwards gears, reverse gear, and a central "neutral ...

  7. Dog-leg gearbox - Wikipedia

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    A dog-leg gearbox or dogleg gearbox is a manual transmission shift pattern distinguished by an up-over-up shift between first and second gear. [1] The layout derives its name from a dog's hind leg, with its sharp angles. Dog leg gearboxes were replaced in most mass production vehicles by transmissions with a standard gear layout.

  8. Bar gate - Wikipedia

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    Manual gates are sometimes hung in the manner of a normal gate (i.e. hinged horizontally). In some places, bar gates are installed across suburban streets as a traffic calming measure, preventing through traffic, while allowing authorised vehicles such as emergency services and buses to take advantage of the shorter and more direct route.

  9. Ferrari 360 - Wikipedia

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    This 360 has the 6-speed gated manual transmission The first model of the 360 to be produced was the Modena, named after the town of Modena , the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari . Transmission options were a 6-speed manual transmission , or the electrohydraulic-actuated "F1" automated manual transmission with a gearbox built by Graziano Trasmissioni .