[Healeys] Gear lever boot ring

[Daniel and Diane White]

Steve,
Thanks for the reply.  I did try to install it just the way you outlined 
and it just wouldn't slide down all the way. I've read the previous 
comments in the archives re the pesky little ring.  The Moment/Anderson 
book shows pictures of the rubber boot installed with the nipple (for 
lack of a better term) installed both ways-up and down.  On p.109  they 
state "On the center shift MkII's, the bellows of the rubber boot 
extended upward, with the center downward."   To me, it just looks right 
with the nipple on the top side with the chrome ring showing so that's 
how I'll install it (with a slit down the back to allow it to expand as 
it slides down the lever).  It's too bad that whoever makes these rings 
didn't do their homework and get the size right from the git go.  Thanks 
for letting me vent, I feel much better.
Dan White
1962 BN7 Mk II