WTB steering column cover- non column shift

[aussiewannabee69]

Im looking for a steering shaft cover as i dont have column shift anymore. i know ive seen someone selling them on here i just cant find them again. any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[mmissile]

Tony's parts?

 

[Matthew Maloney]

I have modded column shift ones, by cutting the column shift nubs and bumps off both pieces with a high speed air die grinder and a whiz wheel. Then sanding or grinding the remaining metal slightly concave, and filling the hole up with a metalized epoxy like JB weld. The concave sanding is for feathering out the epoxy filler.

Then sand the filler smooth, apply a little polyester body filler as a skim coat, sand, and apply primer n paint. Heres a pic of my column shift upper collars i modded in this way to floor shift column collars. The areas for the JB weld need to be super clean and grease free, and roughed up for it to stick. I used a ball rotary file to then roughen up inside where the shifter stick came out, and where the PRND21 indicator was, and temp stick aluminum tape on the back to hold the epoxy in place until it can dry.

Or you can buy the Tonys ones. Paint em up and head on down the road. Those were not available when i did mine. JB weld is tough stuff. Just ask the farmer on the package who glued his tractor engine block back together with this stuff lol. An aluminum alternate that comes in big toothpaste sized tubes is Huntsman chemicals Araldite AVHV 1258. Its more of a liquidy paste, than a putty.

 

[aussiewannabee69]

I have modded column shift ones, by cutting the column shift nubs and bumps off both pieces with a high speed air die grinder and a whiz wheel. Then sanding or grinding the remaining metal slightly concave, and filling the hole up with a metalized epoxy like JB weld. The concave sanding is for feathering out the epoxy filler.

Then sand the filler smooth, apply a little polyester body filler as a skim coat, sand, and apply primer n paint. Heres a pic of my column shift upper collars i modded in this way to floor shift column collars. The areas for the JB weld need to be super clean and grease free, and roughed up for it to stick. I used a ball rotary file to then roughen up inside where the shifter stick came out, and where the PRND21 indicator was, and temp stick aluminum tape on the back to hold the epoxy in place until it can dry.

Or you can buy the Tonys ones. Paint em up and head on down the road. Those were not available when i did mine. JB weld is tough stuff. Just ask the farmer on the package who glued his tractor engine block back together with this stuff lol. An aluminum alternate that comes in big toothpaste sized tubes is Huntsman chemicals Araldite AVHV 1258. Its more of a liquidy paste, than a putty.

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Wow. Awesome job! Gonna try this first

 

[PurpleBeeper]

I have modded column shift ones, by cutting the column shift nubs and bumps off both pieces with a high speed air die grinder and a whiz wheel. Then sanding or grinding the remaining metal slightly concave, and filling the hole up with a metalized epoxy like JB weld. The concave sanding is for feathering out the epoxy filler.

Then sand the filler smooth, apply a little polyester body filler as a skim coat, sand, and apply primer n paint. Heres a pic of my column shift upper collars i modded in this way to floor shift column collars. The areas for the JB weld need to be super clean and grease free, and roughed up for it to stick. I used a ball rotary file to then roughen up inside where the shifter stick came out, and where the PRND21 indicator was, and temp stick aluminum tape on the back to hold the epoxy in place until it can dry.

Or you can buy the Tonys ones. Paint em up and head on down the road. Those were not available when i did mine. JB weld is tough stuff. Just ask the farmer on the package who glued his tractor engine block back together with this stuff lol. An aluminum alternate that comes in big toothpaste sized tubes is Huntsman chemicals Araldite AVHV 1258. Its more of a liquidy paste, than a putty.

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Great tip...never though of that & you're right, that epoxy will last longer than the car