Hot Shifter
 

Ok i tried searching on this but found nothing on here. In my '88 vert, the shift handle gets really hot, really quick. Is this normal? The heat rises up through the top of my shifter boot. It sometimes heats the shifter stock so hot that its uncomfortable. I have no idea whats going on or why its doing that? Is this a bad thing or what? Gimme some help people, please! :[

there are a couple rubber boots that cover the shifter hole, just on top of the trans tunnel. you may need new ones. also you may want to check or swap your fluid in the trans as the shifters will get hot if there isnt enough fluid.

This is because the shifter on your rx7 is actually sticking out of the transmission, which generates some considerable heat. You maybe used to cars that have the shifter attached to the tranny via cables, ie front wheel drive cars. You should check the rubber boots around the shifter on the transmission tunnel. If these are missing or torn, you get lots of heat in the car. The shifter rod will get hot regardless. I had a MOMO aluminum shift knob that became branding iron hot after awhile.

Check the sticky at the top of the forum and you can find the factory service manual. It will illustrate the shifter boot assembly so you can determine if what to do next.

Good Luck

thanks ill do that. and thats the way this one gets. if it wasnt for the fake wood shift know, i would get burned if i held my hand there too long. and actually my '86 bmw 325 has the same tranny set up but i never had any problems with it like this, although the shaft was much longer then the shaft in the Seven

thanks ill do that. and thats the way this one gets. if it wasnt for the fake wood shift knob, i would get burned if i held my hand there too long. and actually my '86 bmw 325 has the same tranny set up but i never had any problems with it like this, although the shaft was much longer then the shaft in the Seven

Stop parking in the sun :D

But srsly, I have a metal shift knob, and i have to park in the sun all the time, I just wear some driving gloves till it cools off.

this is the answer

I have an aluminum shift knob and on hot days you can't touch the thing to shift so you go to big 5 and get a golf club cover and put that on it when you park...

I have a aluminum one in my convertible for the last 9 years, I dont have to wear oven mitts even with the top down.

ha ha ha. real funny. its late october. i dont see myself parking in sunlight too much anymore. although whooda thought that i'd buy a convertable and actually USE it in october :P. but yeah the shifter handle doesnt get hot, its the shaft. i looked at those rubber boots down inside and they do seem a bit worn down. ill wait till my shoft throw gets here though before i replace them.

The wife fabricated a shifter cover for me out of a thick gym sock. She cut off the cushioned toe part and sewed it to the elastic top part of the sock (basically eliminatine the middle part of the sock) Fits perfectly over my "T" handle metal shifter for those days when its too hot or too cold.