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Replace Worn Shift Lever Boots

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You won't believe this! Why's oil look like MILK!!!

What happens here

First, compare the old, dry-rotted rubber boots with the new ones to understand the extent of deterioration. Apply a small amount of grease to the inside of the new boot. Unscrew the shift knob from the lever. Slide off the old, worn boot. Clean any grime from the lever shaft. Carefully slide the new, greased boot over the shift lever, ensuring it creates a snug, watertight seal at the base. Re-attach the shift knob.

Goal: Remove the old, dry-rotted rubber boots from the shift levers and replace them with new ones, ensuring a tight seal to prevent water ingress.

Tools and materials

  • New Rubber Boots
  • Grease unspecified
  • Rag unspecified

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booties booties boots these rubber boots that's the problem okay so what we've got here is dry rotted cracked old rubber boots we'll go ahead and slip one of them off for you so this is the old rubber boot the old rubber boot this is the new rubber boot see a difference see what's happening water is plugging this guy up and the simple simple solution to this problem we might want to put a little bit of grease inside here too so we'll pump a few squirts of grease in with our grease gun got the grease in we're going to rub it in a little bit with our fingers get yourself a rag handy even having the grease on it's really really going to help so we're going to slip that on you want a little bit of grease in that right there on that end because it's got to slip over top of the shifter and you can see how tight that is compared to the old one where'd the old one go look at this it's not getting a seal that is a good seal that is a bad seal so we'll just slip this very simply right over top of the shift knob there are two shifters on this there's one that goes to high and low and start and then one for the gear selector so we'll go ahead and get that installed we'll get you a good close-up

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