shift knobs

[rat_ranger]

I found a site with a bunch of old school shift knobs. I ordered the green ratfink knob.

http://prostores3.carrierzone.com/servlet/hotrodshiftknob_com/-strse-47/Ratfink-Shift-Knob/Detail

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

looks kind of uncomfortable...

ive got one of those chrome skulls (for free) for a trans. shifter and a 1970-something 75CC honda piston (also free) for a t-case shifter:

 

[rat_ranger]

I didnt want a skull or anything cause you see them too much in my opinion. I found that site looking for some of the crazy old school tiki and custom knobs. There are actually a fair number on there. I settled on rat fink cause I am a fan of ed roth.

 

[dogboy]

Wicked, I'm curius how you got that piston to attach/ stay on the shifter?

Would the same method work for attaching one (a piston) to the transmission shifter as well?

The CNC guy at my work might make me a nice shift knob (hexagonal with the 1-5 and R on top), but if I could use a piston, it'd be just as cool, and save him the work. I work at a motocycle shop, so I'm sure my boss would have an old 50-100cc piston laying around.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

i agree that the chrome skull knobs are way to common. its only on there because it was free and it added a little more pizaz that the stocker.

dogboy: attaching the piston is really technical. you turn it upside down, fill the bottom with jb weld stick (the stuff you kneed together to activate - it doesnt run while curing), then stuff the piston on the shift lever. done. its been like that for quite a number of years now and i havnt managed to break it off

 

[dogboy]

Ok, sounds real hard to do!!!
I might have to attemp it... haha

I may just come up with a different way that would involve welding a piece of aluminum to the bottom, then, that way I could take it off it need be.

Eiether that, or the JB weld method comes next.

 

[Sunk]

My old 75 F100 had a threaded t-case shift lever, so my buddy took an old piston about that size and welded a nut to the wristpin and that worked great. I don't think RBV shifters are threaded, but maybe you could run a tap on it?

 

[sloue]

i pushed a old baby doll head on my nova years ago creeped people out real bad funny shit.

 

[aaron_ariens]

Could I get anything for the AT column shiter?

I bet the overdrive is in the way.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

the overdrive button is a problem...but you could relocate it to the dash if you really felt like it. the other problem is how small the auto trans. shift lever is...gonna be hard to find a knob with a small enough hole to fit on it.

im sure someone makes shifters for them though...just have to search around a bit.

 

[aaron_ariens]

Yeah. I want one.

 

[Army]

Standard 8-ball on mine, with 8-ball door locks.

 

[Southern3.0]

I got tired of mine always coming off, the parts store only had Ricer style knobs and Ford wanted $22 for a stocker. So I wraped the splines in electrical tape a few times and stuck a deep 12 point 16 MM socket on there, works for me.

Now Im thinking about using an old 302 Rod I have laying around as a clutch pedal.

 

[Rammunition360]

come to think of it my damn shifter knob comes off all the time, im bout to kick its ass! im puttin shotgun shell on mine...i ordered a whole shifter off ebay for my old s-10 and i came lookin just like a chrome didlo

 

[Mark_88]

fill the bottom with jb weld stick (the stuff you kneed together to activate

Ahhhhhhhhhh....excellent idea...I was wondering how to get my blue knob to stick...it had an allen key bolt that I somehow lost or stripped...I stuck it on with another screw but he head sticks out and catches on my hand once in a while...might try that one myself...thanks for the idea...