Steel gear knob....on hot days

[T3rminator]

Now that hot days are upon us.....anyone got any tips on how keep your hand from being branded on the steel gear knobs on really hot days?

Have tried putting cloth over it but that does nothing!

[commodorenutt]

Years ago I had an alloy one (turned it up myself) and used to throw a stubby cooler over it when I parked it at work on day shift in summer. Never had any branding issues from it.

[OzJavelin]

Try the "good old days" of cars with steel window surrounds and vinyl seats and no AC .. many a burnt arm and bum.

[RHR]

Cant beat a stubbie holder. The have at lease two uses. One to keep your beer cold and the other to stop your knob from getting hot...

[Express]

Originally Posted by OzJavelin

Try the "good old days" of cars with steel window surrounds and vinyl seats and no AC .. many a burnt arm and bum.

Yeah the days of stubby shorts when the skin on your legs would suffer third degree burns from vinyl seats.

[11ford11]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

Now that hot days are upon us.....anyone got any tips on how keep your hand from being branded on the steel gear knobs on really hot days?

Have tried putting cloth over it but that does nothing!

towel over gear knob window shades and welding gloves..............

[Kieron]

Got this from my FG XR8's hot knob -

[arronm]

Originally Posted by Express

Yeah the days of stubby shorts when the skin on your legs would suffer third degree burns from vinyl seats.

The seats were bad , but these did the damage.........

[arronm]

Originally Posted by Kieron

Got this from my FG XR8's hot knob -

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Left hand drive XR8...

[TER2BO]

Yeah,
I got one of those

Steel Gear Knob, vinyl seats metal window surrounds and metal seat belt clips.
The gear lever leaves imprints or burns on my right hand too.

Its a rare beast built in 1965 LHD from the USA.

It actually came from the factory with retracable seat belts and Air Conditioning.(Alas no longer working- oh well there is still the vent windows).
Its only taken out on warm to hot days so I'll try the Stubbie holder but it might be too big for my slender knob.

[roddy1960]

G'day , " Ah ,yes Chief the ol' vinyl seat burn on a hot summers day trick"..
as Maxwell Smart would have said...Dad's old Mk 2 Zephyr got me more times than I care to remember , especially when wearing shorts or bathers..Ouch..
On Maxwell Smart , I had the hots for 99 and the Cone of Silence and Not the craw , the craw and Would you believe....... The Yanks don't make comedies like that any more along with , F Troop , Green Acres and I dream of Jeannie etc..
On the shift knobs ..... Someone told me a while back that they can fail a a roadworthy inspection if an after market knob doesn't show the shift pattern on it..Is that true ? Cheers Rod..

[commodorenutt]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

On the shift knobs ..... Someone told me a while back that they can fail a a roadworthy inspection if an after market knob doesn't show the shift pattern on it..Is that true ? Cheers Rod..

Yes it is.

You can understand the importance of it when you see a workshop situation, and a young fella has to move 1/2 dozen cars & light trucks in & out. Most cars these days have reverse in a similar position, but only 2 decades ago (when this law was more relevant) there were a myriad of positions.

Autos are the same - the quadrant must show what gear, and be illuminated at night - but this doesn't have to be followed if the gear is indicated in the dash display, so you'll see a lot of cheap cars no longer have an illuminated quadrant on the T-bar.

But back to manuals, if the gear pattern is not on the knob, it has to be nearby - like how the label is located in the VL Group A - you can see it on the surround below the gear lever in this pic:

[OzJavelin]

Originally Posted by arronm

The seats were bad , but these did the damage.........

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Yeah .. but usually they fall on the floor so dont get as hot as everything else inside.

The old steeering wheels usually get hot too .. early Chryslers and maybe others, deliberately painted theirs white to combat this (supposedly)

[last fairlane]

Re hot knobs
back in the seventies in Darwin driving trucks with a 13 speed road ranger the knob was chrome plated you reckon that didnt burn your hand try a thousand gear changes every day in 30 degree heat
ah the good ol days at least I stayed thin

[Express]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

..... Someone told me a while back that they can fail a a roadworthy inspection if an after market knob doesn't show the shift pattern on it..Is that true ? Cheers Rod..

That’s interesting, I didn’t know that.

This is my aftermarket MOMO and if it got hot from sitting in the sun I'd grab hold of the shifter boot for the first few changes and after that the air con has cooled things down enough.

[T3rminator]

Yeh, so I got a bit impatient. Found mum's sewing machine, and after 2 hours of reading the instructions on figuring out how to put it together (and with a bit of help from youtube)....I made this...

And yeh...that's her tea towel too...shhhh

Works brilliant, next step...find myself some Ford material!

[Charliewool]

Stubbie holder over it when you park

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Charliewool

Stubbie holder over it when you park

Exactly what I do



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[mike_nofx]

If your hand can't take it, cover it with one of your maxipads.

[vztrt]

I used a stubby warmer on the old t5.....then mates got me a 'knob' warmer as a joke and it fit over the stick well. Once the cars were 6 speed it wasnt really hot enough for me to care.

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

Spoon full of concrete should do it.

People these days are so soft...and helpless.

[Olbucko]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

Yeh, so I got a bit impatient. Found mum's sewing machine, and after 2 hours of reading the instructions on figuring out how to put it together (and with a bit of help from youtube)....I made this...

And yeh...that's her tea towel too...shhhh

Works brilliant, next step...find myself some Ford material!

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An old sock would be much quicker and simpler!

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

On the shift knobs ..... Someone told me a while back that they can fail a a roadworthy inspection if an after market knob doesn't show the shift pattern on it..Is that true ? Cheers Rod..

I think you might be right but interestingly enough my EL GT doesn't show the shift pattern and hasn't from brand new. None of them ever had it.

[commandojones]

Originally Posted by commodorenutt

Years ago I had an alloy one (turned it up myself) and used to throw a stubby cooler over it when I parked it at work on day shift in summer. Never had any branding issues from it.

Yep, the stubby holder works a treat!

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[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by b2tf

I think you might be right but interestingly enough my EL GT doesn't show the shift pattern and hasn't from brand new. None of them ever had it.

Same with BA-BF Momo Manual accessory gear knobs.