It's looking a little slow around here right now so I thought this would be a good time to report that the shift boot repair to fix the broken boot attachment pins that I described a few months ago has held up well:









It's been about 5 months and 10,000 miles and it still is holding up as well as when I first did it.

A quick and easy fix that works, nice one to do on hot days because you don't get all covered with grease and sweat.

Ray

 

Good idea!

 

I just epoxied bolts onto the original pin positions and then put on the shift boot and used little nuts to hold it on

 

I was thinking about gluing bolts on where the pins used to be but it sounds like a lot of work and maybe not something that would last - I have a shift boot from a parts car that was done this way and it's a mess.

The styrofoam method is really easy (about 20 minutes start to end) and there are no bolts or pins to break off again later. You get a nice tight seal all the way around the shifter boot, instead of just having it pinned in a few spots, it makes a real nice installation.

There's a more complete description of how I did it on my web page:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/479957/17

Just a neat easy little fix for a common 1st gen problem that I thought I'd share.

Ray

 

Very good idea Ray, I may give this a shot myself since nothing else has held up so far.

 

Now that is thinking "outside the box"

 

I missed that first time around. Nice fix.

 

That's exactly what I did...worked very well. I just cut off some small screws (I think they were 4-40) and used JB Weld to glue them in after making small indentations with a drill bit.

Rich

 

Glue and screw is not any more stock than styofoam, and it's got more moving parts to break later on. Why not just make things simple and cut out the styro filler, works great! (I do like that MG, however).

Ray