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Shifter boot installation

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Joe in Iowa

03-12-2004 19:38:06




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I needed to install a shifter boot on my 1950 8N this afternoon. After reading the archives and trying hot water treatment, soaping it down, prying, and other tips I found there, I couldn't get it to go on. I then realized that the problem was getting the edge of the boot over the two slots for the retainer pin. So I cut a half-inch wide by 2 inch long piece of thin plastic from an empty water bottle and held it over the slot. Then I started the boot into place by squeezing it open just above the plastic and sliding it down. Once it was all the way down on that side, I pulled out the plastic and squeezed the boot into place around to the opposite side, such that the boot puckered open just over the other slot. It snapped down into place on the first try. Please note that today was the first time I couldn't get the advice in the archives to work. I have used that valuable resource to:
* rebuild and adjust carb
* install ORC
* adjust governor spring
* find and clean the 3 fuel screens
* clean my fuel tank
* know which manual to buy (I like my FO-4)
* flush debris out of the dif/tran/hyd case
* know which oil to use to refill dif/tran/hyd * know when to adjust the rear axle nuts, and how to do it
* know not to use the top two holes on my top link mount
* clean the oil off the starter shaft so it spins easily at 15 below zero
* "keep 'em clean brite, and tite"
* and many others I can't even remember right now

So, since I have had so much help from all of you, I hope my tip helps you out if you have the same problem with your shifter boot.

Joe

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KCTractors

03-13-2004 08:34:45




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 Re: Shifter boot installation in reply to Joe in Iowa, 03-12-2004 19:38:06  
I just turn the boot inside-out, lubricate the shifter with some brake fluid, slide the boot down and turn the boot back the right way.



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souNdguy

03-12-2004 21:35:28




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 Re: Shifter boot installation in reply to Joe in Iowa, 03-12-2004 19:38:06  
Those shifter boots are tricky.

On the 3 that I've replaced ( 8n, naa and 2n ) I've used three different techniques.

On the 8n, I used 2 2-finger tongs I made out of steel rod.. stretched it over and let it pop in place.. ( had to fight it a bit ).

Onthe NAA that trick wasn't working so I rolled the boot back on itself.. slid it up to the lip.. and with a bit of bad language and sweat.. rolled it back over the lip.

On the 2n neither of those worked.. so I boiled it for a few seconds in a water pot on the propane burner in the shop.. quickly popped it on.. ( was a bit loose ). but it shrank to fit in seconds and fits like a glove now...

If I ever do another one.. I'll try boiling it first again.. was the easiest way so far.

Soundguy

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Dell (WA)

03-12-2004 23:48:12




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 Re: Re: Shifter boot installation in reply to souNdguy, 03-12-2004 21:35:28  
Joe..... ...when I replace my shifter boot (long time ago before this great N-Board) It was about midnite in Feb, I had just brought in a couple of newborn lambs into the juggin' pens in the barn. I always "band" the lambs tail as soon as born because the tail is still cartilege and no pain sensors. There is a special "4-finger" stretch'em pliers that stretches these green 1/2" rubber donuts to over 2" so it will fit around all the plumbing to mak'em weathers later on.

At ough-dark-turddy I'ma lookin' at this 4-finger stretcher gizzmo and epiphany.....earlier that afternoon, I had fought for hours trying to install that cold rubber shifter boot over the tranny tower ...no can do... so there I am in the frosty glare of my flashlight stretching this really cold rubber boot, way-wide enuff to eazily fit over the tranny shifter tower. It took longer to unscrew the shifter knob than it took to install the shifter boot..... ....Dell, the ol'sheepherder

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George Willer

03-13-2004 12:37:38




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 Re: Re: Re: Shifter boot installation in reply to Dell (WA), 03-12-2004 23:48:12  
Dell,

That's a good technique, but I tore the first one I tried that way. The second one spent a little time in the microwave first. It made an amazing difference... of course I'm lucky enough to have a microwave in the shop.

George Willer



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