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Re: Shift Lever Boot

To: Ned Smith <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
Subject: Re: Shift Lever Boot
From: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:30:35 +0800
Ned -

You are correct, the small end is down on the BJ8.  However, I have found
that when you use the little chrome ring, the whole set up works much better
if the neck is up.  I had my last gear shift boot last 12 years with this
orientation.

Cheers,

Alan

'53 BN1 '64 BJ8


On 1/23/06, Ned Smith <smithn00@kitepilot.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about the orientation of
> the
> shift lever boot. The consensus is that the small neck that contacts the
> lever should be down. That raises the question with me of where the chrome
> band that is associated with the boot is located. It seems not right to me
> that it would be placed on the neck that is on the underside of the boot
> and
> therefore not seen.
>
>
>
> Ned Smith
>
> BJ8




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