[Healeys] Gearlever Boot

[Patrick and Caroline Quinn]

G'day

 

I am in the process of preparing the BN3/1 for new carpets. 

 

Part of the job is sealing where the gearlever enters through the gearbox
tunnel which in the car consists of 5 separate pieces. The gearbox is 100S,
with gearlever affixed to the gearbox the same way as any side shift.

 

In the past the rubber gearlever boot has just sat there with nothing
holding it and of course the hot air just rushed in. I was fitting a plate I
had made to hold the boot to the tunnel when it occurred to me that for 25
years I have had the gearlever boot (gaiter) upside down - don't laugh!!!!

 

I never realised that the gearlever boot actually stretches and fits over
what is described in my spare parts book as the gearlever cover - that's the
round metal shallow cup.

 

Can anyone confirm that I have been a drongo for quarter of a century and
that it actually does fit over the gearlever cover??

 

Plus in a standard car, is there anything that holds the gearlever boot
(gaiter) to the gearbox tunnel and therefore stops the entry of hot air.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Sydney, Australia