Manual gearchange gater

[Dave]

Trivial stuff but........in the passenger side of the gearchange gater there appears to be a black "stiffener" which I will attempt to remove very soon - however I'm suspicious that it may be part of the tracker sensor which is fitted. I've looked at several pictures of interiors (Autotrader) and some have a nicely folded gaiter which sits around the lever but others have a similar nearside bulge and in the description say they fitted with a tracker. Any clues ?

I've delayed removing the gater as the centre console needs to come out...I intend to do it when the wheels come off for painting and the car is immobilised for a few days

 

[nfm]

What model do you have Dave? If a 4200 the gaiter just pops out at the base, with a bit of levering.

If a 4200 I don't think what you describe is a tracker, I think it is just a bit of stiff card to hold up the gaiter? In light coloured interiors the glue that held the card in place caused discolouration.

Cheers

 

[bigbob]

All manual 4200s have what you say. On grey leather it discolours at a different rate to the rest of the gaitor and looks strange. The latter is no use to you what so ever but I enjoyed saying it....,

 

[Dave]

It is a 4200 and the stiiffener looks to be black........ but I couldn't get the gaitor to pop out easily. It seems a strange thing to fit...........perhaps those with soft gaitors have taken the offending item out so that it doesn't discolour the leather gaitor !