Greg

.....shifter that is. The ball on my 4 speed shifter gets so hot on a trip to L.A. that you can hardly touch it! Anyone else in the hotter climes experiencing this?

Shark Racer

Wear driving gloves. My auto shifter will get toasty if the car sits in the sun.

-Steve

mrvette

Yes, any stick shift handle I ever had gets hot from car/engine/trany heat, nothing I know to do of it....
some guys like the insulation over the tranny both on top and under the fiberglass, against the tranny, others suggest that horse collar over the bellhousing...

GENE

tshort

There may be solutions but I'll tell you what doesn't work. :lol: I replaced the lower shifter rubber boot, the 'horse collar' around the bellhousing, and put in hot water heater insulation under all the carpet. I no longer have heat near my feet in the car but the shifter still gets hot on a cruise longer than about 20 minutes.

Greg

Thanks, I was afraid this was going to be a "no fix" kind of a thing. Maybe driving gloves are the answer.
Greg

1house3kids0vette

Mine is a Hurst replacement shifter and it gets hotter than all get out as well. The stick itself will almost burn your hand if you touch it. The boot around mine is also worn and the air coming out around it is very hot.

Freepop

Metal is a very good conductor of heat.

Burgundy 69

My 69 Hurst shifter gets very hot, but the plastic shifter **** stays pretty cool.

Mark

Skruball73

Mine gets hot as well while I am driving, but if I keep my hand on it constantly, the heat seems to disapate and it remains at a lower temp.

NHvette

There's the answer - straight from NH (where it's not an issue):
Get a plastic shifter ****.

I never noticed the auto shifter on mine getting hot, so there's an alternative:
go auto.
:seeya

tshort

Those flameball shifter ***** are plastic, aren't they? That's a good excuse to buy one of them.

69Rat

Try wrapping the exhaust pipes... that will keep ALOT of heat off the tranny area! :smash:

:cheers:

Dwayne 76

:D :lurk:

BB wowbagger

have you checked the oil? :cheers:

ZD75blue

Might try dropping an insulating donut, maybe wood as a washer... just to keep the heat from coming up through the metal... But, eventually it would anyway! Guess ya need better a/c? :jester

Wrencher

I have the stock metal ball and it gets pretty hot, but it takes a while and it has to be mighty hot outside as well. Funny, my BOSS has a factory Hurst Competion Plus and it never gets hot, even though it bolts right to the top-loader tailshaft...

Hans

Fevre

Funny now that you mention it is has not been hot for some time even though it used to get real hot when I first bought the car. It may be that I switched to syn trans lube. :confused:

68shark

Weird....my Hurst shifter (with the usual Hurst plastic ball shifter) never gets hot. Even the steel stick just gets warm but certainly not burning hot???

Easy Rider

My 1969 modified 350/300 with haeders cooks!

The tunnel insulation is about half gone and the headers have to be warmin' things up. The entire console gets pretty warm, but the shifter is often too hot to hang on to!

Jim :steering:

ENCHANTMENT

Paul,

I also have a Hurst T-handle on my T-56 and if the car is left in direct sun I can barely touch the **** for more than a micro second. This has taught me to shift quickly but it is still painful. I am contemplating different remedies and one that I think I am going to explore is wrapping the shifter with bicycle handlebar tap. The tape comes in a multitude of colors and is adaptive to the shape of the handle. Any other creative solutions?

Good Luck!

Ken
Albuquerque