Need help from 5spd owners on my little idea.
08-26-2011, 09:50 AM
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Need help from 5spd owners on my little idea.
My gearshifter surrounding began peeling and the middle slide would not stay in one piece after I glued it about three times. So i took the whole contraption out and now I am left with just the shifter itself. I had this idea of taking a leather shifter boot from a manual and fitting it over mine. The dimensions are 1 1/2 inches (roughly) by 1 1/4. Is there anyone kind enough to measure the diameter of the boot opening on the manual? I'm hoping it is somewhat close to where i could possibly fit it on my gearshifter without too much modding to the boot it self. I took some pictures to give you guys some idea of what I am working with now. Thanks in advance.
08-26-2011, 10:13 AM
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08-26-2011, 10:45 AM
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The hole in the TR3650 shifter boot is about 1" round (that's inside diameter where the lip fits into a groove at the bottom of the **** itself). It is reinforced with a ring that is not particularly "stretchy", and it put up a little argument about being set back into the groove after I measured it. It's not less than 1", but could be just a little bigger. There wasn't much room to get a clear measurement without distorting it out of round.
The T5 sixxer tranny boot and the GT500 tranny boot may differ.
Norm
The T5 sixxer tranny boot and the GT500 tranny boot may differ.
Norm
08-26-2011, 01:25 PM
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I agree, its too much, and thank you Norm, at least I have a starting point now. I know the ring you are talking about and will most likely have to remove it. I wonder if the boot varies between Gt, v6 and GT500 like you said. Maybe ill check out ford parts to see if there is a difference.
08-26-2011, 03:05 PM
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Ok so I checked ford parts and the shifter boot is the same part # across all platforms. Well for the GT500 I could not pick 6 speed for some reason so I'm not too sure about that. So looks like my only option left is to actually buy a shifter boot and try to make it fit. Maybe leaving it in the car all day at 100F temperatures will help me stretch it? Is there a good place to buy these besides ford parts? Ebay has some for good prices sometimes, but is there any other place?
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08-27-2011, 07:50 AM
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I wouldn't count on interior heat do do much for you - after all, it's supposed to retain its size/shape in that kind of heat so it'll stay on its OE ****. If it didn't, there would be a huge number of complaints on this and other message boards about it.
I did think I saw a little cracking on the part of the ring that is not normally visible, though. Mine's working toward the end of its 4th summer. Black car, lives outdoors 24-7, though I do put up a reflective screen and crack the windows a little on the warmer days.
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I did think I saw a little cracking on the part of the ring that is not normally visible, though. Mine's working toward the end of its 4th summer. Black car, lives outdoors 24-7, though I do put up a reflective screen and crack the windows a little on the warmer days.
Norm