General The mystery that is the Selecta Transmission

[Alan.D]

RESULT !!!!!
Disappointed about the one LED though but if everything else is working OK, so be it. I am not an electrician but is there no way we can test the LED with a Fluke meter or similar, using any of the others as a standard?
Rgds.

Damn! look what i found in the garage earlier when looking for a headlight....

I used these for changing the colour of the seat switches in the BM

 

[petel]

Nice one Alan. Are they the same phyisical size as the originals ?
Rgds.

 

[Alan.D]

They do look it but haven't matched yet, I'll still need the light strip so will try to source one in anycase.

 

[Vin]

Thought this thread might be interested in this FiatWorld article (June 1987).

It's Uno related but the CVT concept will be the same.

You can get bigger pics by going in my gallery.

 

[Alan.D]

Very nice Vin thanks will have a read shortly

 

[Tony M]

oh i read the bit about the larger pics as i finished reading... ah well, eyesight it's overrated anyway.

good to hear that there is very little difference in the fuel economy of the CVT in comparison to the manual cars... I suppose the manual cars get pretty shocking mileage if they are driven between 80-90mph also...

 

[petel]

Please note that this is not the same box as used in the Panda. The operating principles of the belt and pulley box are similar ( the VanDoorn system ) but the design of the box is different and the Uno box uses a converter rather than the Panda's electromagnetic clutch.
Rgds.

 

[Tony M]

but the design of the box is different and the Uno box uses a converter rather than the Panda's electromagnetic clutch.
Rgds.

so what's a convertor when it's at home?... the Electro-clutch-thing is pretty obvious... but what is a convertor ...converting?...

was the Uno before the panda eCVT clutch design?... just wondering which one is better as a small car transmission...

 

[petel]

Torque converter, as used on other manufacturers auto boxes. The Panda/Punto electro magnetic system must be viewed as the exception rather than the rule on auto boxes and is better suited to lower cc engines. You will notice that on the bigger cc cars, Uno, Tipo, Tempra etc, Fiat use torque converter boxes.
Rgds.

 

[Tony M]

Torque converter, as used on other manufacturers auto boxes. The Panda/Punto electro magnetic system must be viewed as the exception rather than the rule on auto boxes and is better suited to lower cc engines. You will notice that on the bigger cc cars, Uno, Tipo, Tempra etc, Fiat use torque converter boxes.
Rgds.

ah, i see... sort of. that'd explain why you see the CVT mark on saxo's and other smaller cars these days