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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...or, they (auto manufacturers) could simply go BACK to putting OVERDRIVE units behind their normal gearbox transmissions...as was SO popular in the 1950's. Simply a "bolt-on" option!
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But then for the people complaining about the power that idle gear meshes consume especially, the constant mechanical efficiency loss of a overdrive unit would be unacceptable.
Apart from the primary reduction gear that exists on some gearboxes, what other gears are not strictly necessary? Can the differential incorporate a gearbox? Hmmmm....Food for thought. It would certainly solve the issue with >6 speed manual transmissions having a strange shift gate for gear 7.