Shift boot repair?

[scuncio]

Hi everyone,

I have an near-mint 1969 bench-seat 4-speed shifter boot for my Biscayne but it's got a couple of slices in the accordion-shaped portion due to rubbing from a Hurst shifter. Has anyone been able to repair this kind of damage on a boot? Thanks for the help, Tony

[PeteLeathersac]

Perhaps thin rubber tire tube style patches bonded to the inside would help hold the tears together....filler of some type from the outside if it needs it?.

~ Pete

[njsteve]

I had the same problem with the boot on my T/A. I used 3M black weatherstrip adhesive and it worked very well. Make sure you coat both edges of the crack, let it dry and then stick it together. That is the proper way for contact adhesive to work. If you just goop it on, it wont hold. Good Luck!

[scuncio]

Thanks guys, I may try a combination of the patch and some weatherstrip adhesive. The boot is really, really thin material and I am not sure if the adhesive alone will hold it. Pete, do you have a source for the patches? Like something in a bike tube repair kit? Thanks, Tony

[TDW]

Tony..I have a half dozen old tire patch kits. There is a sheet of rubber patch about 2"x2" in each kit. You could cut strips and make it work? Free if you can use some.

[scuncio]

Deal! Thanks Tony. Need to see if I can catch the Biscayne's P.O. at work while I'm up in the area.

[TDW]

OK..Give me a holler when you are heading up.

[Tarrytown SS427s]

Hey Tony,
Is your car a 427? I was wondering if you could send me the vin number and cowl tag numbers for my fullsize Chevrolet database. It just hit 4800 cars!
Steve