manual gear lever change

[SS972]

I have a question from my fellow V8V owners,what is the procedure to change the gear lever for say a DBS one?

[AMDBSNick]

SS972 said:

I have a question from my fellow V8V owners,what is the procedure to change the gear lever for say a DBS one?

Buy the big boys car that comes with one as standard

[yeti]

The trim panels have to come off from the transmission tunnel, it doesn't just pull off or unscrew.

If you're lucky, and he's not talking about beer on rhe Dog & Duck thread, TonyH will be along to explain in full

[tonyhall38]

I COULD tell you....but then I would have to KILL you.....nothing personal....

[v8woollie]

I did mine so anyone can do it. Remove the rear shelf behind the seats. There are five or six screws along the length of the silver strip. Remove those and the silver strip comes off. You can then slide back and out the rear part of the centre tunnel. Once you slide that back you will see two more screws just to the rear of the gear level surround. Remove those and then you can slide the whole gear stick part of the centre tunnel back. Push down on the gear stick and turn 90 degrees anticlockwise to detach it from the base. Lift up the centre section and unplug the boot release and door release switches.

The old gear knob and surround is held in place by three screws on the underside of the section. Take them out and remove the old knob and put the new one in.
Assembly is the reverse of the above, pushing down and turning 90 degrees clockwise to attach the gear knob to the base.

I don’t think I missed anything out. Took about 20 minutes.

[SS972]

Thanks Simon I passed the info, and for keeping a few treads on topic!!!:

[yeti]

v8woollie said:

Sensible, knowledgeable stuff...

OK... What just happened?

You'll be putting your own fuel in next

[PiloteAM]

yeti said:

v8woollie said:

Sensible, knowledgeable stuff...

OK... What just happened?

You'll be putting your own fuel in next

It's that damn hacker again

[v8woollie]

yeti said:

OK... What just happened?

Rush of blood to the head. It was such an easy upgrade, like the interior LED lighting. I was going to get Ade to do it when the service was done but I decided to have a stab myself.

That V12V/DBS gear knob definitely makes a positive difference to the gearchange.

[triple5]

v8woollie said:

I did mine so anyone can do it. Remove the rear shelf behind the seats. There are five or six screws along the length of the silver strip. Remove those and the silver strip comes off. You can then slide back and out the rear part of the centre tunnel. Once you slide that back you will see two more screws just to the rear of the gear level surround. Remove those and then you can slide the whole gear stick part of the centre tunnel back. Push down on the gear stick and turn 90 degrees anticlockwise to detach it from the base. Lift up the centre section and unplug the boot release and door release switches.

The old gear knob and surround is held in place by three screws on the underside of the section. Take them out and remove the old knob and put the new one in.
Assembly is the reverse of the above, pushing down and turning 90 degrees clockwise to attach the gear knob to the base.

I don’t think I missed anything out. Took about 20 minutes.

Bookmarked in case I want to change mine, thanks for the information

[Gibberish]

I’d like one of these, something to rest my hand on from time to time.

Could it be converted to do something else, such as operate the navigator button?