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I would appreciate your telling mw if GEARBOX and TRANSMISSION are one and the same.
Many thanks
Yes, if you are reading something written by an English-speaker, gearbox and transmission are the same. Americans tend to call it a transmission, British normally use the term gearbox. There is some overlap, though. And there is the transaxle, a term used when the final drive is incorporated with the transmission in one case (such as a VW air-cooled Beetle or any front-wheel-drive car).
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Mike Evans
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Auto repair and parts questions on any year or make including older and foreign makes(MG and DeSoto, for example)
Experience
30 years as an auto parts counterman and parts manager, both wholesale and retail
Education/Credentials
B.A. in english, minor in physics
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