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Re: [Spridgets] Rivergate thoughts...

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Rivergate thoughts...
From: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:07:31 -0400
Let me calculate the amount of material that I have and I will see what I can
do.
So far two individuals are interested.  Be advised that I have to make these
one at a time
and that includes a one hour oven cure.  Any one else interested email me off
list.



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: rrengineer @dslextreme.com
  To: Dean Hedin
  Cc: Spridgets
  Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Rivergate thoughts...


  Dean,
       Maybe you would consider making a boot for some of us with the Datsun
trans in our Bugeyes?
  Mike MacLean
  60 Sprite
  56 BN2


  On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:

    I thought I would revive this topic, as I have made some progress with it
today.

    I came up with a solution  for my desire to keep the original look for the
shifter boot on my
    Bugeye/Datsun trans swap.
     First,  I re-welded the stick so that the pattern would fit inside the
stock sheet metal cover hole.
    As it came from Rivergate, the top part of the stick was welded offset to
the right of it's base.
    My change was to rotate the offset to the right rear at 45 degrees.

    Next, I made a plaster mold of a stock shifter boot.  This consisted of
two halfs that were plaster poured into small sections of 6"dia pvc pipe for
the top and bottom.
    I cut a formica ring that mimics the sheets metal hole and this sanwiches
between
    the top and bottom molds.
    I then molded a new shifter boot out of Dow Corning Sylgard 186 silicone
rubber.
    This is exspensive two part, heat cure stuff.   From time to time they
throw it out where my brother works because it's shelf life expires.   I used
bolwing alley wax for the mold release.

    The end result is a now very plyable shifter boot (24 durometer) that can
accomodate the large
    throw of the datsun shifter.   It's consitency is sort of like the rubber
they make fishing lures out of.    The only downside is that it has that
silicone sticky feel to it.  Other than that it looks
    just fine.
    This might sound a little complicated but it's one of those things that
turned much easier than
    originally anticipated.   In fact it was so easy that I am thinking about
molding some other
    rubber bits for the car in similiar fashion.  Things like the rubber
access covers that are inside the cockpit, or even that hard to get seal that
goes between the cowling and the bonnet.
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