Shift knob/boot options?
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From: denver, co
Shift ****/boot options?
So one of the TEPO's (The Evil Previous Owner) of my car hacked up the shift ****, removing the slot for the retaining clip.
When I replaced the shift rod, the old shift **** wouldn't stay on. Another rennlister was kind enough to send me his unabused shift ****.
However I now had the challenge of removing my old shift boot and reinstalling it onto the new **** without damaging it. You can guess how that went for me...
So now I have a decent shift **** and a torn shift boot. I'm pessimistic on my chances of installing another shift boot over the shift **** without damaging it.
So what are my shift boot/**** options? I see I can buy a factory piece from Pelican for $77 + shipping. Are there other aftermarket choices? Cost and where to order from?
TIA!
When I replaced the shift rod, the old shift **** wouldn't stay on. Another rennlister was kind enough to send me his unabused shift ****.
However I now had the challenge of removing my old shift boot and reinstalling it onto the new **** without damaging it. You can guess how that went for me...
So now I have a decent shift **** and a torn shift boot. I'm pessimistic on my chances of installing another shift boot over the shift **** without damaging it.
So what are my shift boot/**** options? I see I can buy a factory piece from Pelican for $77 + shipping. Are there other aftermarket choices? Cost and where to order from?
TIA!
Burning Brakes
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From: Denver
Are you talking about the leather shift boot, or the rubber piece that goes underneath it to keep out heat and exhaust fumes?
I got the leather shift boot, it stretches over the ****. You have to pry off the shift pattern button on the top of the shifter. The excess leather from the boot gets fitted into the hole, then you push the shift pattern back on to compress the leather in there so it doesn't come out. It has an elastic band on the bottom of to fit around the console trim piece.
This is probably easier to understand:
http://www.rennbay.com/shiftboottutorial.html
I got the leather shift boot, it stretches over the ****. You have to pry off the shift pattern button on the top of the shifter. The excess leather from the boot gets fitted into the hole, then you push the shift pattern back on to compress the leather in there so it doesn't come out. It has an elastic band on the bottom of to fit around the console trim piece.
This is probably easier to understand:
http://www.rennbay.com/shiftboottutorial.html
Burning Brakes
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From: Denver
Yea, the rennbay tutorial is a lot easier to understand than me.
Mine didn't have the rubber boot either when I bought the car. I ordered a new one for it, but I don't know that it made any difference. It doesn't stay on very well.
Mine didn't have the rubber boot either when I bought the car. I ordered a new one for it, but I don't know that it made any difference. It doesn't stay on very well.
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From: denver, co
Well, figured out my problem, instead of removing/installing the shift **** out the top of the boot, I was trying to put it in from the bottom and stretching the boot over it. Oops.
Now that I know I can just order the boot and save $30.
Now that I know I can just order the boot and save $30.
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Racer
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From: Norway, Hordaland, Bergen
Im wondering wher I can find the part that holde the rubber boot in place ? I see 4 srew holes under the shifter but can't find the part that should be ther holding the rubber boot in place.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ballston, VA
Yea, pull it over the top.
Before you try to put the **** Cap back on: Use a Flat Tip ScrewDriver to push the excess leather into the Cap Hole. Make it as Smooth as possible before putting the Cap in.
You should have NO Bunching or Wrinkles... I have heard people say its impossible,,, but using this screwdriver trick; mine is smooth and perfect!! I'll try to find a picture
Before you try to put the **** Cap back on: Use a Flat Tip ScrewDriver to push the excess leather into the Cap Hole. Make it as Smooth as possible before putting the Cap in.
You should have NO Bunching or Wrinkles... I have heard people say its impossible,,, but using this screwdriver trick; mine is smooth and perfect!! I'll try to find a picture
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From: Northern VA
Yea, pull it over the top.
Before you try to put the **** Cap back on: Use a Flat Tip ScrewDriver to push the excess leather into the Cap Hole. Make it as Smooth as possible before putting the Cap in.
You should have NO Bunching or Wrinkles... I have heard people say its impossible,,, but using this screwdriver trick; mine is smooth and perfect!! I'll try to find a picture
Before you try to put the **** Cap back on: Use a Flat Tip ScrewDriver to push the excess leather into the Cap Hole. Make it as Smooth as possible before putting the Cap in.
You should have NO Bunching or Wrinkles... I have heard people say its impossible,,, but using this screwdriver trick; mine is smooth and perfect!! I'll try to find a picture
I'll probably just end up buying a new one down the line.
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From: Atlanta
If I remember correctly, the factory leather boot was a smooth leather, the grain wasn't so rough as the replacement shift boots that I have seen. The leather seemed thinner. Is the rennbay boot "factory like"? Also, the original leather of items in P-cars has a certain smell to it. Does recovering old leather items in the interior give the car a different smell?
