Shift Boot Changes

We bought three sets of shift boots and oil after noticing that the shift boots on Bluey were utterly worn and leaking smoke into the car. Changing Blue's boots took a fair bit of trial and error but made such a difference. When fiddling about with Poppy, I took the gearstick leather cover off and noted that the top boot was pretty worn through; odd, as no smoke had been coming in at all but there we go. See below!




Tom's girl, Lucy, was up for helping me so we got stuck in with the spanners and screwdrivers. Taking the gearstick and boot out was no problem, and the turret was full of oil, reassuringly, but it took a *lot* of pushing and pulling to get the boot off the stick.






Putting the gearstick back together was pretty straightforward though 'lubricating the shaft' was essential in getting the boot back over it to the point it needed to be: the upper requires a lot of manoeuvring to get the ring down low enough. After that, it was just a case of screwing the centre console and other bits back on and twisting the knob back on.


Poppy drives just as beautifully now, although the shift changes did have a little resistance in them for a few days afterwards, and it didn't take more than half an hour in total to do the change of both boots and the oil - I can't recommend the Haynes manual highly enough, as ever!