Using the failing seal as a relief valve is very good.

Move the button in front of the accelerator pedal, so that when you take your foot off of the gas pedal it opens the clutch. Then it will be 100% automatic!

would probably better if you used a industrial double action electromagnetical valve (move the cylinder in both directions), a Texas Instruments CD4013 chip (clock divider circuit) and some "power" transistors from the NOT Q pins of the CD4013 to power the coils. one button press to engage and a second (on the same) button press to release. Rally car!

MAN trucks used this as factory extra it was called ComfortShift , and for rolling out and stopping you had to use the normal clutch pedal but once you were in motion you could use the button

You guys should try linking two transmissions in series making a 25 speed manual next

Clever. Shorten the piston actuator arm and move the piston closer to the clutch linkage. This would lessen the engagement period and the delay before the clutch grabs Nice job!..

I used to have friend who had a ford ranger with a hand activated clutch. It had a grip cabled up, similar to a bicycle brake handle. It was a bit of a learning curve, but was really nice.

i made a similar one, some years back, because i have a bad knee and the clutch was heavy to push. just a, windshield wiper motor, a pully, brakecable from a moped and a open/close side windows kontakt, it work fine

0:52 "Let's get stuck right into it" I wonder if he made a pun in the native language, like "Lets engage into it" Like how clutches get engaged lol.

This has to be in the top 10 or so coolest things you've done. This one could have a practical purpose. You could adapt this to someone's car, with a little more work, if they broke their leg or something. Neat!

during the group B era a car manufacturer (i think it was Audi) created a "hand clutch" to gain time. There was a handle on the shifter the pilot grabbed as he gripped the shifter releasing the clutch immédiately (at this exact moment the pedal dropped to the floor)

F1 steering, Pattle shifters , 4 independent brake levers , washer fluid spraying tires , fuel injected afterburner anti lag

Wiring the shifter switch in parallel with the brake light switch will solve your stopping problem and will also make it more intuitive for starting in first gear.

I really love these Russians... They know what they're doing, everytime they're creating some really hilarious shit no-one ever thinks of even trying to do in the first place... i think this could really be my new favourite youtube channel

my 1971 volkswagen super beetle had what they called the "auto stick" It used engine vacuum to a canister that pushed the fork and worked flawlessly

As an idea, what about seeing if a Lada could run off a self contained compressed air supply? Even operated off a long air hose would add to goofieness!I remember scale model engines being made to operate pneumatically .

This kind of system isn't too uncommon in tractors with a manual gearbox. You would use ur clutch pedal with the foot to take off and use the button when shifting, since it releases the clutch fairly quickly, which isn' t a problem, when already moving.

What about using a cable lever from a bike? It could be handy to use just to departure and module the clutch. While using the button once the car is moving.

Wow! I’m impressed that it even worked! That’s insane! Maybe if the cylinder would have released a tad faster, I think the gear changing would have been a little more engaging! Anyway great job boys!👌😎👍

You guys always come up with something! This was very unique!

Great great job guys! Thank you from Tennessee USA, always love your work! Please keep them coming..💪👊💥

My old neighbor was paralyzed form thr waist down but loved to ride quads! His quads had these setup professionally. Raptor 700. Dude was crazy

Looks similar to a Volkswagen Beetle Autostick. You push down on the shifter and it activates the vacuum system that pushes in the clutch

Some years ago I fitted a system to a few cars suitable for a disabled person or a person who had thier left leg amputated. It used a vacuum servo controlled by an electronoc controller. It also had a switch on the gear lever and a switch on the brake pedel. It would disengage the clutch if you pressed the switch on the gear lever to change gear. It would also disengage the clutch if you pressed the brake pedel while pulling up at trafic lights. It also had a hand held box that was used to fine tune it the drivers style of driving. It worked really well when it was fine tuned and adjusted properly. The system was made in Holland and could be bought as a kit. At the time I had an outo electrical business and I was a selling and instalation agent.

Maybe an air pressure gauge for the cylinder so you can see when the cylinder is about run out of air/engage.

Made a push button air clutch for a 1999 Mazda protege 20 years ago. Worked good.

You need to have a hydraulic/pneumatic grip lever attached to the shifter instead of an electronic button so you can vary the amount of pressure used on the clutch.

Great video, i think stepper motor or geared DC with a var linear Resistor controller,. Control over clutch, place it on the drive wheel, the speed of the geared motor will allow for full control up to 'dropping' clutch. I'd place value in trying to find a good quality linear resistor, ideally from an old cathode ray TV or old TV radio COMBO Set.

There's nothing you guys can't make! Such a capable crew.

Two not holding the button down until it fully reaches the end of the travel on the cylinder you can momentarily press the button just enough to slightly charge it with air so that you wouldn't have to wait for the full stroke of it just enough to make it release the clutch and let off the button

Please try to use that as a hill start assist: Left foot on the brake pedal to hold the car still, right foot on the gas. Release the button, press the gas to bring the revs up and try to release the brake only when the clutch starts to engage.

The only problem is when it is necessary to use a half clutch, in which case the previous idea of ​​the centrifugal clutch solves the problem, although friction deteriorates the system quickly, especially when towing a lot of mass.

Love seeing new videos from you Guys

If I ever lose my clutch foot I'm 100% doing this 👌

I remember Volkswagens autostick (electric-vacuum) clutch, I drove a friends in the early ‘80’s. As it turns out Chrysler tried something similar.

Maybe try Putting a spring to help the clutch engage quicker and with a bit more force.

You guys should combine this with a second centrifugal clutch so that the car doesn’t stall going into gear since it will be clutch in at low revs

I feel like it would work great with a return spring

5:15 Props to the cameraman for trying his best to keep up with the car 😂

Work great. Trying it on an incline would be a challenge.

That system with a belt driven compressor and some kind of switch on the gas pedal and/or tided with the brake lights would be honestly fun to try.

Excellent but the clutch piston lags a bit. The valve empties late. It fills up only when you press the accelerator pedal.The air force may not be enough for the clutch spring. Maybe you should use hydraulic pump and piston.

What if you use the cilinder to other way around to engage the cluch when you pres the button, it will be like revving the engine and then drop the cluch

What a fantastic idea proof of concept. I think if you were to fix the seals on the cylinder and add a pressure switch with a light on the dash to show the clutch engaging you might need not use so much throttle. Thanks a very good idea with so many uses.

Very interesting video. You always have great ideas. You always come up with any project. Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to your next project.

The problem is the piston doesn't have what a human has. The ability to feel the spring of the clutch. It let's out evenly, instead of letting off when there's bite. It would need an electronic program to let the clutch out faster at the end of the stroke at a certain rpm...

I often thought of putting something on the gearshift to disengage the clutch andyou did itk rode motor cycles may be a clutch from a motorcycle somehow through a hydrolic set up for operating the clutch

These guys have a Lada skill.

Funny that I got similar idea some months ago, as why Automakers don't do as Farming Tractor Manufactures, and install a clutch button in the gear leaver.

I remember driving my grandpa's old Ford dump truck pouring gravel. The range control was a pneumatic button on the shifter

To make it 'fully' semi auto you should've doubled the switch input and connect it also to the brake pedal switch.

The slow release of the cylinder is like the BMW clutch delay valve.

Maybe attempt at using a method called rev matching for smoother shifting. Up and down shifting. Coild help alot.

I mean, I guess that would work for a little while, but clutches aren't just on/off, there's a lot more to using a clutch than that. You'll lose your clutch and probably your throw out bearing real quick like this. So maybe not 107% success

could you make an electro magnetic clutch on same principle like shorting a motor?

I seem to think NSU had this where you would push the gearstick down when changing and that would disengage the clutch too

Is it possible to replace the clutch with a torque converter ?? And test if we need no more clutch to change gear

Would putting a switch under the brake pedal to disengage the clutch do the trick for stopping? I guess that's what the brake light switch is for.

I think a manual air valve set up to a motorcycle clutch handle mounted to the shifter would work more smoothly.

I'd love to see a clutch where when you push it half way down the clutch disengages and the other half is for braking. Then release brake half way and neutral then other half released is clutch.

Could you hook-up both pedal (to launch) and button (shift) ?

Replacing the button with a capacitive switch on the top of the shifter would be an interesting idea

You can use a cable tied to a pedal next to the brake

Case backhoes have electric/hydraulic clutch with a button on the shifter too

Why don't you run it from the boost box for engine breaking?

I once saw somebody use a motorcycle grip as the shifter, and the attached motorcycle clutch lever as the clutch for the car. So they just grab the grip and squeeze the lever and change gear. So everything necessary to change gears was all in one handle. You know, I may have seen it on this channel, but it was a while ago. A year ago at least

Vlad would make such a great Santa-Clause, he has the build and the voice for it, thanks for sharing guys.

if they had a hydraulic clutch they could connect their power steering pump to push pressure though a valve to press the clutch in, this way it could be electronically controlled and wouldn't need an air compressor or an air cylinder

A wiper motor, or two in parallel for extra torque would be interesting as an actuator motor

Suggestion:What about making a gearbox like a racing crashbox where you change gears by just pressing the gear lever either just forwards or backwards to select the next gear: no left to right movement ? Like your channel 100% thanks Ciao

Have you guys tried putting a PTO shaft on a Lada yet? I'd like to see one use tractor implements.

Just an idea, can you make a video with full hho converted lada?

Inspiring!

This is funny as hell.

I once drove an old VW beetle that had a similar system. Not sure if it was vacuum operated or had a solenoid of some type to kick the clutch in and out. The shift knob pushed down to depress the clutch, so you pretty much had to let go of the shifter in between each shift for the clutch to engage. Freeking miserable thing to drive!

Man you always have something for us

Try it on a 20 degree inclination on q stop and go traffic.

Solid! Top KEK!

Can you still rev match once you get moving?

Some Valtra tractors have a button clutch on the shifter

I love this channel lol

Better than a Sprint-Shift 😁

😎 really cool idea it's definitely something different and seems to work for what you want it to do grate job love viewing your videos From dan at Notts modified car channel 🇬🇧🇬🇧

I wonder if fixing the leak will allow them to do a burnout???

My Trabant has a button operated clutch. Its called Hycomat.

Long live garage 54

This is why vw tried an autoclutch and it failed. Many beetle restorers simply put a clutch pedal in

That reminds me of the Standard 10 with the Standrive transmission

The smart car has mastered all of this.

Lada submarine!

You should use a spring to decrease the releasing time

Why not have a dual.system, manual.clutch fornstart n stop. And a super fast air assisted clutch

I'm definitely installing something like this if i ever lose a leg

Add a hand throttle to the gear shift and you only need a brake pedal.

Awesome

I always wanted to do this with a motorcycle lever on the shifter

It be sick if you could use the pedal to start moving then have the button like a strain gauge shifter...

Video idea : exhaust throttle have the carburettor set to wide open and have a ball valve on the exhaust to regulate engine speed

Try doing a hill start with this setup, I bet this will be almost impossible,,,

I wonder if they ever daily the cars they build