Kevin, I have just replaced the carpet with boot attached on my 1976 1500.
The boot ( or gaiter) on the original carpet and my replacement is fixed in
both cases to the carpet. This is a conical vinyl affair and has lots of
clearance over the "tumor" in the lever. Any way the lever is attached by a cap
that has a bayonet fitting at the sides and just literally "push and twists"
off at the bottom of the lever. Watch for the spring below.
Sounds like the wrong boot to me. I have pictures on my website of the old one
in situ at http://www.ftconnect/~alemen/spitfire/spitfire.html.
Also I have a later picture of the transmission without the cover showing the
lever, "tumor" etc. in place. I can send you it for comparison if you need it.
Here is what I did:
use a large flat blade screwdriver to prise the top black platstic part out.
detach the 2 wires - they just pull out - of the switch
using a wrench loosen the chrome conical not below the knob.
then with the knob loosened, unscrew the locking ring inside the knob with a
small tool such as a needle nose pliers etc.
then remove the complete knob. It is slotted over the top of the lever.
then remove the carpet/boot.
On the old carpet remove the large rubber conical grommet (as they are no
longer available) for resuse.
Alan
Original Message:
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From: Kevin Rhodes krhodes1@maine.rr.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:06:46 -0500
Subject: Replacing shift lever boot
Hello again,
Many questions today. How does one replace the rubber shift boot on a Spit
with overdrive? Do you have to remove the shift lever from the
transmission? The boot can't come up the lever due to the giant "tumor"
thing in the middle of the lever for the wires to run through. Or do I have
the wrong boot? Looking at my spare transmission it does not look like a
fun task to remove the lever and actually have it work again....
Kevin Rhodes
Freddy the Spit
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