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Old 09-14-2008, 04:13 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Certainly it makes sense. Is automatic transmission fluid a transmission? Are the various parts inside a torque converter a transmission? No, but you put them all together, and they BECOME a transmission.

What's the purpose of a transmission? To transmit the power developed by the engine to the wheels, no?
No, it makes no sense. You are confusing THE transmission of power with A transmission (gearbox). One is a process, the other is a device. True, power is "transmitted" from engine to drive wheels in a locomotive, but that doesn't make a locomotive a transmission. LOL

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