Having a Slush Box is not a bad thing.

[DeathGrip]

If your old enough to know what one is it's not so bad. Imagine the thought that went through my wifes mind when she herd me talking to a friend about the neighbors wifes Jeep. Sometimes having a German wife is funny.

For you younger guys it's slang for an automatic transmission.

Look it up and you will find no other definition.

 

[rdcl]

Hmmmm. On reading the title I thought you meant the money-in-the-cookie-jar thing


Russ

 

[LVSteve]

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when American car salesmen were trying to explain to German engineers the need for cupholders.

 

[Alpo]

I've heard them called a slush-o-matic, but never a slush box. When I saw the term, I figgered that was where you stashed the slush fund.

 

[DeathGrip]

I've heard them called a slush-o-matic, but never a slush box. When I saw the term, I figgered that was where you stashed the slush fund.

It's an old term. Think about it, Manual Trans = Gear Box.

When Auto Trans came about they weren't to reliable so the natural thing to call them was a Slush Box.

It took hours of subtle clues for her to catch on. What fun to hear the crazy thoughts that she came up with. Her English is excellent and she can spell better than most, but sometimes I get her with my slang.

 

[Alpo]

Well, for that matter, the only time I've ever heard a manual called a "gear box" is when it's on motorcycle.

Seldom even heard a manual called a manual. It's always called a standard. 'Round here, anyways.

You gots your standard and then you gots your aromatic. Aromatic - that's the one whats got a purnundall on it. You know purnundall, right? PRNDL - purnundall.


Apropos of nothin', I have heard that we talks funny, 'round these parts.

 

[Gatofeo]

LOL! My father used to refer to a "slush box" for automatic transmission.

To him, a child during Prohibition, the glove compartment was the "gin box."
I still slip and call it the "gin box" today.

 

[scooter123]

Actually the term Slush Box was originally applied to the GM Powerglide. A 2 speed automatic transmission that was widely derided until drag racers discovered how freakishly strong they could be made. Most of today's Drag Racing automatics are based somewhat loosely on the basic Powerglide design with gearsets stacked end to end to increase the number of ratios available.

 

[snubbyfan]

Actually the term Slush Box was originally applied to the GM Powerglide. A 2 speed automatic transmission that was widely derided until drag racers discovered how freakishly strong they could be made. Most of today's Drag Racing automatics are based somewhat loosely on the basic Powerglide design with gearsets stacked end to end to increase the number of ratios available.

I remember them being called "slip and slide powerglides."

 

[DeathGrip]

Ahh, The "Slip and Slide" Power glide. You could really wind up a small block on the strip.

Snubbyfan types faster than me.

 

[LVSteve]

In England "manual gearbox" or "the box" implies a stock-shift transmission. "Automatic" is the common usage for non-manuals although I have heard slush box from time to time. I gave up on manuals before coming to the US as the traffic density during daylight hours just made driving a manual a major chore.

 

[ogilvyspecial]

I'm glad to see GM get an "honorable mention."

When I hired into Buick, it was in the transmission plant, where
the line ran 310 trans per hour, 9.5 hr's a day, 6 days a week.
At that time it was the TurboHyraMatic 350's & 400's.

I still remember dropping front pumps, which weighed 24 lbs. apiece. At about
6 per minute you could end up moving a lot of "iron" by the end of the day.

Dropping front pumps, to me, was a lot better than slinging torque converters,
where you had to slip them over the spline and bang the heck out of them
with a big rawhide hammer, while turning them, until they "dropped."

 

[DeathGrip]

Good stuff Og. I'll bet that was a long day.

My first real job was at a trans shop. I was the A.S.R. automatic something removal. We had a shop dog. After opening the shop I cleaned and inventoried the place. It was pretty tough.

I worked my way to R&R mostly doing Turbos, C4's and 727's. All payed $7 out and $7 in filled and driveable. I could do most within an hour. It was good money at the time. '78

Remember the Eldarado T400? $21 out and $21 in. They don't balance to well on a trans jack. Trust me on that. Oops.

 

[DeathGrip]

Dropping front pumps, to me, was a lot better than slinging torque converters,
where you had to slip them over the spline and bang the heck out of them
with a big rawhide hammer, while turning them, until they "dropped."

At least you had gravity? That was a luxury only the builder had. If you wanted a TQ you had to get it yourself and do it on the jack. Much fun waiting to "Pop" it in just right.

 

[ogilvyspecial]

At least you had gravity? That was a luxury only the builder had. If you wanted a TQ you had to get it yourself and do it on the jack. Much fun waiting to "Pop" it in just right.

Ah, the luxury of "waiting."

Remember the 310 per hour?

When you got behind, for whatever reason, like a "stubborn TQ", you had
to hustle them big buggers out of the dunnage and get on it to catch up.

Before I moved on from that plant, I had worked every assembly and sub-assembly
job in there, not to mention quite a few of the machineing jobs on top of that.

I can still remember the misty "quality" of the air in that plant, which, from the way I smelled
when I walked out of there every day, must have been mostly trans fluid. Of course
it was mixed with the cutting compound from the milling machines.

 

[805moparkid]

I've heard them called a slush-o-matic, but never a slush box. When I saw the term, I figgered that was where you stashed the slush fund.

slush box= auto
crush box= stick

 

[LVSteve]

slush box= auto
crush box= stick

...and then there are crash boxes that have no synchromesh.

 

[805moparkid]

...and then there are crash boxes that have no synchromesh.

i knew i was forgetting one! or non syncro firsts lol...

 

[DeathGrip]

"That smell" Oh yeah. I remember that!

Our fluid was usually burnt. I also know the smell of machine oil. I worked shortly for a shop making Universal M1's. That stuff stank. I have a friend now that his shop doesn't use the old cutting oil but you can still feel it on your skin.

 

[Muley Gil]

My first car was older than me, a '52 Buick Super, that came with a 263 C.I. OHV straight eight and a DynaFlow transmission. Now there was a slow car, coming off the line. We timed it with a sundial.

According to my grandma, this Buick, bought used in 1954, was my pop-pop's first automatic transmission equipped car. He had previously driven Model T Fords, Chevys, and Nashs. I got the Buick in '71 and kept it until 2000. Lordy, I wish I still had it.

The PowerGlide was a scaled down DynaFlow.