Hey I'm just wondering if its normal to have heaps of heat around the Transmission stick? or am I just being paranoid haha
any help would be great thanks

 

Pull the boot and the plastic surround out, I'd bet your insulation is missing. It looks like sheepskin kinda stuff.

 

I second that

 

on a warm day with the engine at normal temp, yeah, its nice and toasty. I know cause I did the auto to manual swap and I don't have any thing surround the stick. I can look through and see the tail end of the tranny and the exhaust presilencer. I get less air flowing up into the car if I keep the sunroof closed.

 

Ditto... but I like to keep the sunroof open. It helps me melt the marshmallows for my s'mores quicker.

 

i got the jute or whatever it is in mine still and heat still blows out so i would say its normal

 

Thanks for ur help and for the quick replies, I guess theres no need to be concerned!

 

or, you might have an exahust leak near the manifold. I had that problem with the shifter surround getting really hot, and it was simply from an exhaust leak. After i replaced the exhaust gaskets, and made sure they were tight, the extreme heat around the shifter and surround went away

 

I noticed this last night as I was driving with a female friend. I'm going to convince my dad to open the boot/plasic up.