New Inprovised Shift Knob

[TallPaul]

Installed this after yanking the old knob on a 1-2 shift:

Bored hole up middle of ball, squeezed a lot of glue into it, wrapped the lever with hockey tape (hopefully making it easier to remove if/when, and jammed the ball on. It is pretty solid and, while it is rather large compared to a standard shift knob, it works fine and has a nice feel.

Notice I put the shift pattern from the old knob into the cigarette lighter in case someone needs to drive it they can see what the shift pattern is.

 

[apwillard1986]

A homerun for sure.

 

[mpvue]

Originally Posted By: apwillard1986
A homerun for sure.

I see what you did there...

 

[mpvue]

Originally Posted By: TallPaul

Notice I put the shift pattern from the old knob into the cigarette lighter in case someone needs to drive it they can see what the shift pattern is.

looks like you've covered all your bases...

 

[01rangerxl]

Very creative. The knob never came off on my '01, but I remember it being a common occurrence on my parents '86 Ranger.

Another solution is to replace with a Hurst Billet/Plus short throw shifter.

 

[beast3300]

That is a creative idea. I like!

 

[sciphi]

Out of the park for creativity.
Originally Posted By: mpvue
Originally Posted By: TallPaul

Notice I put the shift pattern from the old knob into the cigarette lighter in case someone needs to drive it they can see what the shift pattern is.

looks like you've covered all your bases...


Out of the park for a creative solution to the problem!

 

[Trajan]

And the count is 1 and 0.

 

[Kruse]

The dealer's parts man was waiting for you to order a new knob, but you threw him a curve.

 

[Klutch9]

One thing is for sure... Mark Teixeira would definitely have difficulty keeping hold of your shift knob

there's a little game 4 reset for ya'!

 

[Andy636]

Nice...I had a friend doing the same thing only that he used a golf ball. The shifter looks kinda like the ford mustang shelby gt500 gear shifter

 

[TallPaul]

Yeah, someone told me I should have used a golf ball, but I am not into golf. the baseball is a tad big but does not feel awkward at all on throwing shifts.