Acura 3.5 RL Manual page 480

Description
Power Flow (cont'd)
or Position, 3rd gear
1. The hydraulic pressure is applied to the 3rd clutch. Power from mainshaft 3rd gear is transmitted to the countershaft
3rd gear.
2. Power is transmitted to the secondary drive gear, which drives the secondary driven gear.
NOTE: In or
since the rotation speed of 3rd gear exceeds that of 2nd gear, power from 2nd gear is cut off at the 2nd gear one-way
clutch.
TORQUE CONVERTER
SECONDARY
DRIVE GEAR
SECONDARY DRIVEN GEAR
position, 3rd gear, hydraulic pressure is also applied to the 1st clutch and to the 2nd clutch, but
MAINSHAFT 3RD GEAR
2ND CLUTCH
1ST CLUTCH
COUNTERSHAFT
3RD GEAR
COUNTERSHAFT
2ND GEAR
3RD CLUTCH
MAINSHAFT
COUNTERSHAFT
2ND GEAR
ONE-WAY CLUTCH