Early 28 shift knob

[Brian T]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I bought a tranny once just because it had the mushroom knob on it. That's the knob I carefully wrapped with leather and tried to remove using a strap wrench. It wouldn't budge, so I sprayed some GIBBS on it and forgot about it for about 5 days. When I came back I unscrewed it with my hand. Wish all tight things would work that nice.

I found myself in the same situation except I didn't buy the trans, we tried to get the knob off with no luck, the seller was packing up his parts and I am sure he wouldn't have wanted much for the trans, oh well it got away,
---- BTW, --- what is GIBBS, ?.

[plind]

Originally Posted by Brian T

I found myself in the same situation except I didn't buy the trans, we tried to get the knob off with no luck, the seller was packing up his parts and I am sure he wouldn't have wanted much for the trans, oh well it got away,
---- BTW, --- what is GIBBS, ?.

Hi.
Here is a litle link , read about GIBBS OIL.. http://www.roadsters.com/gibbs/#intro

[Tom Wesenberg]

Has anyone tried to make a mushroom knob from a round knob? It should be easy on a lathe as long as you have the profile.

[John Duden]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Has anyone tried to make a mushroom knob from a round knob? It should be easy on a lathe as long as you have the profile.

I got a couple i can send ya if you want to try!!

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by John Duden

I got a couple i can send ya if you want to try!!

If you have a chipped one to send up with Shirley and Denny I could give it a try. I wouldn't want to cut a good one.

[Quigley1930]

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[Gary in MN]

Here are a few pictures of my attempt of making a " mushroom knob". I found the common "A" knob does not have enough size to be shaped into a mushroom knob.

I used a flathead V8 knob as a starting point, I borrowed a original mushroom knob from a fellow club member to copy.

A lathe will make this job a little easier, some work was done with lathe tools but most was accomplished with files and sandpaper. The finished knob is a little flat on the top end. By adding some body filler / epoxy you could add a little more crown to the top and match the original.

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[CarlG]

I still prefer the look and "feel" of the AA knob! Maybe that's because my first was an AA???

[mrtexas]

Originally Posted by CarlG

I still prefer the look and "feel" of the AA knob! Maybe that's because my first was an AA???

Post a picture of an AA knob