Shift boot plastic tabs

[Eric_R_Kissell at email.whirlpool.com]

>Anybody got a good solution to restoring the tabs on the shift 
>boot other than buying a new one? 

I have used 5 minute epoxy to adhere jumbo paper clips in place 
of the broken tabs. This involved building up the epoxy around 
the paper clip wires because there is not a lot of material to 
attach to the clip. I bent the clips so they were lined up with 
the slots in the console. Then I bent the interior and exterior 
hoops of each paper clip in opposite directions to make a spring 
loaded sort of tab. I hold each clip closed and start it into 
the associated slot on the console and then release it once it 
is started so it can spring open to give some retention force. 
Not a perfect solution, but things are holding together.

Eric R. Kissell
1989 200q Avant, needs 1.8 bar upgrade
1986 5000cstq, 1.8 bar, k24, Fuchs at next tire change
1987 VW GTI 16v, 1984cc, Euro Intake Camshaft, Techtonics SS exhaust, etc.