Gear knob and gaitor

[ChrisGadd]

Hi all not posted for a while mostly because my P&J has had a partial body lift to replace the dreaded outriggers.
Anyhow the work has been done and I have my car back but have noticed that the gear knob feels loose and the gaitor is not attached to the bottom of the gear knob.
Firstly how is the gear knob attached to the stick (it's the wooden type)?
and the gaitor is looking a little worse for wear so I would like to replace it. How easy is it and what are the steps ?
Many thanks in advance
Chris

[ketvrin]

ChrisGadd said:

Firstly how is the gear knob attached to the stick (it's the wooden type)?
and the gaitor is looking a little worse for wear so I would like to replace it. How easy is it and what are the steps ?
Chris

Hi Chris
My Knob (ohh err missus) is held in place by grub screws built into the knob itself onto a plain ended stick with a nylon bush.
The Outer Gaiter (the leather one) is easily made using the old one as a template, (theres a picture on myphotoalbum of my effort) the inner one is a rubber affair with a flange which screws to the transmission tunnel. Mine was FUBAR'd so I replaced it with a Discovery gaiter which works quite nicely... dont be tempted to do away with the rubber Gaiter as the leather one will just balloon up at speed and become detatched and allow all the road muck etc to blow straight into the cabin.

K

Edited by ketvrin on Wednesday 8th April 11:59

[Elfit]

The rubber gaiter is ford part no 6112048. I bought one from the local ford dealer quite cheaply.
See ebay item 250399188939 for a new leather gaiter.

Cheers
Tim

[ketvrin]

Now Tim you know I would not just go out and buy something like you wealthy business magnates... I always have a ratch around the farmyard first to see if a piece of dead goat and a broken spring will fix whatever the current problem is first...

Chris, you are probably best to follow Tims advice

[ChrisGadd]

Thanks kevin and Tim, helpful as ever ebay here I come

[Scoobimax]

hijacking your thread chap - my gaitor needs replacing too!

think i'll be on here more and more now i've taken the plunge. She needs some TLC to get her up to the spec i expect in my cars

[Barkychoc]

Hi Max where are you in the Midlands?
There's quite a few S's around east and west mids, I'm in Bingham, east of Nottingham.

Chris

[phillpot]

Hi, my S3 came with a wooden knob, which I think was factory fitted judging my condition and original purchase invoice,it screwed onto the gear stick

[kevin63]

I got a new ger stick gator from a guy in Sheffield, the link is on our South-yorks TVRCC web site under links, I know it was for a Cerbera but he will do all types of stuff, it cost me £4 and is a great match and is proper leather too.

[ChrisGadd]

Need to change yer loggin name Max , perhaps we could have a gaiter fitting party sometime

[Scoobimax]

Barkychoc said:

Hi Max where are you in the Midlands?
There's quite a few S's around east and west mids, I'm in Bingham, east of Nottingham.

Chris

I'm near Retford, Notts. The car came from Sutton Coldfield.

How do i add myslef to the owners list? any idea?

[Scoobimax]

kevin63 said:

I got a new ger stick gator from a guy in Sheffield, the link is on our South-yorks TVRCC web site under links, I know it was for a Cerbera but he will do all types of stuff, it cost me £4 and is a great match and is proper leather too.

Have you got any contact details please - that's a good price.

cheers,

Max

[Scoobimax]

ChrisGadd said:

Need to change yer loggin name Max , perhaps we could have a gaiter fitting party sometime

might be over in Chesterfield one evening this week - might pop in and show you the new addition. How does S3Max sound?

[kevin63]

Scoobimax said:

kevin63 said:

I got a new ger stick gator from a guy in Sheffield, the link is on our South-yorks TVRCC web site under links, I know it was for a Cerbera but he will do all types of stuff, it cost me £4 and is a great match and is proper leather too.

Have you got any contact details please - that's a good price.

cheers,

Max

YHM

[Scoobimax]

kevin63 said:

Scoobimax said:

kevin63 said:

I got a new ger stick gator from a guy in Sheffield, the link is on our South-yorks TVRCC web site under links, I know it was for a Cerbera but he will do all types of stuff, it cost me £4 and is a great match and is proper leather too.

Have you got any contact details please - that's a good price.

cheers,

Max

YHM

Many thanks. I work in Sheffield so should be easy to collect.

Cheers.

Max

[ChrisGadd]

Scoobimax said:

ChrisGadd said:

Need to change yer loggin name Max , perhaps we could have a gaiter fitting party sometime

might be over in Chesterfield one evening this week - might pop in and show you the new addition. How does S3Max sound?

Not sleeping too well Max ? too excited with yer new toy perhaps, dreaming of all those jobs you can tackle

Not sure Chesterfield is ready for two S's it's a very quiet town now you've left

Did u manage to get a bible ? I think they are best obtained from the TVR club site although they do occasionally appear on ebay.

S3Max sounds too cool for an old Scoobie man how about S3pipeandslippers

[Scoobimax]

ChrisGadd said:

Scoobimax said:

ChrisGadd said:

Need to change yer loggin name Max , perhaps we could have a gaiter fitting party sometime

might be over in Chesterfield one evening this week - might pop in and show you the new addition. How does S3Max sound?

Not sleeping too well Max ? too excited with yer new toy perhaps, dreaming of all those jobs you can tackle

Not sure Chesterfield is ready for two S's it's a very quiet town now you've left

Did u manage to get a bible ? I think they are best obtained from the TVR club site although they do occasionally appear on ebay.

S3Max sounds too cool for an old Scoobie man how about S3pipeandslippers

You missed the Scania bit out!!!