The development of gear shifts located immediately under the steering wheel has been attended with problems resulting from departure from the direct shifting possible with the conventional gear shift lever that comes up through the floor of a car. Elimination of the direct lever to the transmission has fostered the introduction of various types of vacuum and electrical mechanisms to shift the gears in the transmission in an indirect manner. In introducing the new shift on Dodge DeLuxe cars, this difficulty has been overcome, and the advantages of the mechanical operation have been retained in the remote control gear shift now found on the Dodge passenger cars.
The operation of this shift is exactly similar in all respects to the operation of the conventional gear shift lever, except that it now is located immediately under the steering wheel. Hazards have been revealed by complications occurring in shifting when occasionally the wrong contact is made with electrical medianism as when the gear shift lever is pushed too far; they are further exemplified by the additional ser-vieing needed for more complicated equipment.
Both of these difficulties are avoided by retaining the mechanical method of shifting. and an of the advantages accruing through the location of the gear shift at the wheel, such as clearing the front compartment floor of all obstruction, except the pedals, are secured.
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