A/T Shifter Slide Cover Replaced, YEAH!!!! Options

[FrankB2]

I've seen a couple of threads here asking how to disassemble the A/T shifter, and disconnect the O/D wire. I ordered the new slide cover from the local Toyota dealer, and had already decided not to rewire, and make a 30 hour project out of it. I just made a cut with a straight edge razor, and it's plenty flexible to fit around the shift lever:



This car was mint when I bought it except for this:



I found all the change that had fallen down there since I bought it last October, and some other things that looked like throat lozenges, etc. I had to pay $58 for that sliver of plastic, but it looked like A$$ before.

EDIT: It has a new slide cover, but it's still an automatic. Not the coolest car, but my wife can drive it...LOL!

This post has been edited by FrankB2: Mar 13, 2013 - 4:58 PM

[Noahwhite2014]

I used some sheet metal (not really its just a "beware of dog" sign from walmart) And cut it to the proper size so it can slide in the bottom.

Measured the distance from the stalk to 1 inch past the bottom edge of the hole. Doubled it, and cut the piece of metal from that. Found the center, and cut out the metal so it could slide on from the left side since the right side is almost impossible to see the missing metal.

Then i painted it, grabbed a 3 ring binder divider with the colored plastic tabs, cut a piece out and super glued it to the edge right in the middle, let it dry, and put it in the next day,

Ill post pictures if anyone is interested.

Total cost was 97cents for the sign but i had the spray paint and colored plastic tabs from the binder divider already.