Socal_Tom

Good morning, hope everyone had a good weekend.

Are 20 & 21 interchangeable when replacing a ripped shifter boot? I'll need to double check by my '84 appears to have the #21a currently and I am wondering if I need to replace that with an new $250 +/- one or if just the bellows #20 can be replaced? I did search past discussions but most of what I found was nearly 10 years old so not sure if parts availability or approach has changed.

Thanks in advance for the help.

gazfish

I’m sure there’s a #20 there, 5 more minutes :-)

Socal_Tom

Ha! I was jumping back-and-forth between earlier and later model years where the numbering was different by exactly 1,

I am trying to ask interchange between 21a and 21 on this diagram.

Sorry, thanks for the good natured dope slap.

Rob Edwards

#21 is for 78-79 only with the separate rubber shift ****. 80-95 use the one-piece ****/bellows.

If you have the original you might be able to find a local upholstery shop that could make you a replacement for less than $250, but the new factory ones are beautifully made. This is a new one, in my ex- 89GT:

Socal_Tom

Thank you Rob

GregBBRD

The problem is that where the leather goes under the top of the ****, it needs to be thinned down (skived.).
However, you don't want "thin leather" on the rest of the shift ****/boot.
Finding an upholstery shop that wants to take the time to skive leather is tough..."old school" stuff.

Socal_Tom

Thank you for the follow up. I’m going to just order one of the new ones and then complain about the $10 a year it cost me amortized over the next 25 years. Ha.

GregBBRD

If in Germany, I keep them in stock.

Ghosteh

Let's talk about #21 for the '78-9. What's the best source for those? Were they all black? (I assume so, since the **** is black)
Are they difficult to install?

slownrusty

This is what I had my upholstery shop sew up for me, cost $125, they saved the top shift pattern disc and cut and sewed the leather around. Perfect fit on both cars

On my '87:


On my '88: