Miata Mailing List: July 1997, Message #378
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From: 	"Chris Sobczak" <Jackarow@ix.netcom.com>

Subject: Re: To Tommy at PBC

Date: 	Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:34:26 -0500



the console get really hot in my 96. could it really need parts and stuff

after only 12000 miles, it has done this, i believe seen new?



Chris Sobczak

Jackarow@ix.netcom.com

http://pw2.netcom.com/~jackarow/index.htm

96 montego - Chicagoland 

CRI horns + lights, voodoo grabables





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> From: Grant E. Keller <grant.e.keller@boeing.com>

> To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>

> Subject: Re: To Tommy at PBC

> Date: Tuesday, July 08, 1997 4:19 PM

> 

> Sorry ahead of time, this is kind of long.

> 

> I had the same problem on my 90 A. I asked the collected wisdom for a

> fix and got back some outstanding info. Skip Cannon and John Freas gave

> me the best gouge and told me exactly how to correct the problem (thanks

> guys!). Look up their responses on last months listing under "Console

> gets very hot". 

> 

> They said that the boot might be cracked and that was a bit of an

> understatement. When I looked I found the same thing you found. The only

> thing left of the rubber boot was the metal attachment frame and a

> little circle of rubber around the shifter itself. John advised me to

> also replace the smaller boot below the big boot, so I ordered both at

> the same time. This was a good thing, as the smaller boot had also

> self-destructed. 

> 

> When I removed the smaller boot and pulled out the shifter, I ran into a

> snag you should be aware of. At the base of the shifter (opposite the

> Voodoo end) there is a white plastic ring with a thin metal shim that

> snaps onto it. This shim had cracked into two pieces and I thought it

> should be replaced too. The problem was that this was on the Fourth of

> July and the dealer was closed. I had to put the shifter back together

> so I could move Banshii back into the garage before the fireworks

> started. I did a very dumb thing at that point when I installed the

> smaller boot onto the shifter and reassembled the unit. This is a very

> tight fit (John likens it to a … , well …, he told me to ask my wife,

> and you don’t want to know what she told me. There ARE some things men

> don’t need to know. Something about grabbing your lip and pulling it

> over your head.) 

> 

> Anyway, when the boot finally snapped onto place, it really snapped onto

> place. The next day I bought the part and dissembled the shifter. I

> tried everything, but I could not get that little boot ( I called it

> something else) to come off the shifter shaft. I finally had to cut it

> off and go back to the dealer to get a new boot. The rest of the job was

> easy, and I replaced the dirty tranny oil in the housing with 90cc of

> fresh oil, minus the 3cc that I slopped out onto the shop rag wrapped

> around the housing (good thing that shop rag. The last step was to

> install the Voodoo knob, like John told me. That was the best part.

> 

> I thought the shifter was smooth before maintenance, but now it's like

> silk. 

> 

> Oh yeah, the console stays nice and cool now.

> 

> Grant Keller and Banshii

> 90 A - deep purple with black Voodoo

> 

>