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68 TT · 09-25-2010, 09:44 PM

The shifter boot on my NP205 was shredded and let in a lot of noise and smell so I had been looking for another one for a while. Never could find one used that was the same as mine and I can't justify spending $30 plus shipping on a new one.

I was looking for a leather third gen F-body manual trans shifter boot to use like I did on my 68 Camaro to adapt a ratchet shifter to the stock floor console but couldn't find one.

I happened across a wrecked Saturn with a manual trans and it had a similar leather shifter boot to the F-body part but it was on a rectangular plastic retainer and the size matched the NP205 boot footprint exactly.

I pealed it off the plastic retainer, cut the stitching in the corners to allow the edge to sit flat on the floor, punched the mount screw holes in the edge to make it clamp down with the NP205 boot retainer ring then drilled out the plastic shifter handle bezel in the top of the boot to match the NP205 shifter.

Fits great, looks like it belongs and cost all of $3.

87 V20 Scottsdale · 09-25-2010, 10:01 PM

You could replace the transmission boot with one from a mid or late 80's model truck and the look would be pretty similar.

68 TT · 09-25-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 87 V20 Scottsdale

You could replace the transmission boot with one from a mid or late 80's model truck and the look would be pretty similar.

I hadn't thought about that. I will keep my eye out for one. Thanks for the tip.

09-25-2010, 09:44 PM	#1
68 TT Still plays with trucks Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,556	NP205 shifter boot alternative The shifter boot on my NP205 was shredded and let in a lot of noise and smell so I had been looking for another one for a while. Never could find one used that was the same as mine and I can't justify spending $30 plus shipping on a new one. I was looking for a leather third gen F-body manual trans shifter boot to use like I did on my 68 Camaro to adapt a ratchet shifter to the stock floor console but couldn't find one. I happened across a wrecked Saturn with a manual trans and it had a similar leather shifter boot to the F-body part but it was on a rectangular plastic retainer and the size matched the NP205 boot footprint exactly. I pealed it off the plastic retainer, cut the stitching in the corners to allow the edge to sit flat on the floor, punched the mount screw holes in the edge to make it clamp down with the NP205 boot retainer ring then drilled out the plastic shifter handle bezel in the top of the boot to match the NP205 shifter. Fits great, looks like it belongs and cost all of $3. Attached Images __________________ miSSed opportunity - ground up creation of an AWD 1994 454 SS that never was http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=795577 69 C10 shortbed stepside 400 small block - built like what a super sport truck could have been 69 K20 lwb TBI 350 4L60E NP208 14-bolt Dana-44 w/disc 68 Camaro SS / RS 500hp 439 inch roller cam big block 4L80E 79 Malibu TPI 350 4L60 w/ Z28 steering & sway bars

09-25-2010, 10:01 PM	#2
87 V20 Scottsdale Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Georgetown, KY Posts: 183	Re: NP205 shifter boot alternative You could replace the transmission boot with one from a mid or late 80's model truck and the look would be pretty similar. __________________ Andrew 1987 V20 Scottsdale 383 TBI, SM465, NP208, 14FF, 4.10 1988 C1500 Scottsdale 305, 700R4, 3.08 1986 K30 Custom Deluxe 6.2, SM465, NP205, 14FF, 4.10



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