[Brandon85-944]

Well I really did it now..... well my newly purchased 1985 944 came with that worn out old shift boot... well I thought that it wouldn't be that difficult to fix so I proceeded to Brumo's Porsche and picked up a leather shift boot and recieved some advice to soak the boot before applying it to the knob. So I went ahead and soaked it for about an hour in luke warm water took the old boot off cleaned the knob and little clip up a little bit... grabed the soaked boot and following the directions to insert the lower end of the knob "thinner end" through the top of the boot and work the rest over the head of the know... with much effort I did but accidently went up and over and stretched out the middle part of the leather boot... then I worked it back up again...put on the little cap and congratulated my self....WELLL.... i proceeded to reinstall the knob with the new boot and after getting everything on realized that the leather along the shaft of the knob with the new boot was all streched out...I looked at my brother's since his was done by a "professional" and noticed his leather tightly followed the contour of the knob and shaft...mine was all bushed out around the shaft and tight around the knob........ Then he smacked me over the head and asked if I used the glue that I was supposed to and of course in response I said "What glue?"....well does anybody know the proper method of installing the leather boot with all the details...and if there is a way to say mine...thanks....

Brandon85-944

P.S. If I can't even do a dumb shift boot, I don't know how and the hell I 'm going to manage replacing my motor mounts...!!!! LOL