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why didnt they keep the series 2 style gear stick ? then there would not be these problems. i would not think about buying the latest defender, it does not look the part, and you woud need a lap top. why cant they go back and make a simple 4x4 ?
Again wow - 'put me thinking head on ' ua-cam.com/video/L6IxTUMQlEg/v-deo.html - well done ! LR should hire you to get the things done right! - BTW: have that problem currently and now know how to solve ! Applause ! Cheers Axel
My older brother snapped the whole thing off my 1960 in 1980, right next to the ball, so I put the Series 3 type of lever, shiny knob and crinkly bush on. Then my girlfriend of the time picked all the white paint out off the letters with her fingernail, so I had to re-do it. When it came to the last rebuild in 2006, my knob was completely worn out after years of being grasped by lots of different hands, so there was nothing for it but to replace it, using a new bush at the same time! It would seem that a smooth shaft with a crinkly bush is the best thing to hold your knob!
That's the exact same idea I had but my approach was less refined, didn't heat it. Consequently resulting in a knob of two halves. Must be more patient.
Mike, Question, I did buy a new plastic gear knob, but there is no thread cut inside, are we to tap a new thread or do you just try to force screw on to cut a thread? Do they make them blank for different sticks?It came in a blue bag, oops did I say that out aloud😂
So basically the rubber popped off your knob, (probably while you were driving it home) and you decide to heat up your nuts with map gas until cherry red.. brilliant, but twisted... Great having a laugh to start the day! Thanks Mike!!
You're correct (as usual)... my aluminium knobs do get cold. I was thinking of inventing a knob warmer for Winter, but then I thought 'no, Im a Defender driver so I ought to be a real man and not complain about cold knob syndrome'...
Great idea! Today I fixed the loose diff knob, inspired through your video. But I had to use another method because the hole was too big. I found an old teatcup rubber and cut off just the middle part of it, pressing it into the knob hole and twisting it on the stick. No glue, no fire, it seems to be a strong bond.
Thanks for this Mike! Just yesterday I experienced a wobbly knob! It’d been parked under the sun for a few hours. I’ve never noticed it before but it was a funny coincidence when I got home and saw your video :) Keep up the good work, your videos are much appreciated. Cheers, Andrew (a fellow Yorkshireman living abroad)
Many years ago I had a ford car that had an annoying rattling sound coming from the gearbox could not work it out what was wrong in the end I took it into the garage and one of the chaps took it out for a ride down the road and shore enough once we got going this rattling started was my face red when it turned out to be the gear leaver knob lock nut was loose and the sound seemed to go down the shaft and sounded like it was in the gearbox.
Hi Mike, great idea. For years I have removed the rubber insert, filled the knob with silicone bathroom sealer and plonked it back on the gearshift. Leave it overnight to set and it works great. Like the original rubber this system helps decrease the level of vibration transmitted through the knob.
@@BritannicaRestorations Thank you for the tip Mike :-) I was thinking of glueing the nut inside the knob and then screwing it onto the gear shaft, I mean the gear stick ;-D
Great tip, mr Mike! I did almost the same in my knob, but i did not heat the nut to insert it. I drilled a hole in the knob slightly smaller than the nut and then I pressed the nut into the knob using a workbench vice. It worked, but your way is better, I think. My way makes the knob material to be under some stress and I wonder if it will crack someday. Your way melts one into another and make a nice fit and bond. Very nice tip! May I ask what tray is that around the gear sticks with the cup holders? Is it from Pumas? Thanks, mister!
The plastic is a strange one - you could see by the force, it took some pushing in but didn't melt the way I expected - which is a good thing, and it has almost bonded to the nut. The tray is from MudUK www.mudstuff.co.uk/mud-defender-tunnel-tray.html Mine is a RHD converted by myself to LHD - it was in a vehicle I scrapped in the UK Bit expensive and easily knocked out of place as there are no screw fixings The cup holders are not that deep so I never use them
@@BritannicaRestorations It is now a coin holder! Lol! About the plastic it seems to be some kind of Bakelite, do you know this material? Thanks for your attention!
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"Keep your knob upright & heat your ball up" Cracked me up, 😅
Must be a Yorkshireman , like me.
After ignoring the rotating gear knob for 20 years on my 110, its finally fixed.
I have got some cream you can have for a dodgy knob. I got it on prescription when I, err, well never mind why I have it.
why didnt they keep the series 2 style gear stick ? then there would not be these problems. i would not think about buying the latest defender, it does not look the part, and you woud need a lap top. why cant they go back and make a simple 4x4 ?
Bloody brilliant 👍👍
Big salute from dubai .. Good job 👍👍👍
Thanks!
Great job Mike!! 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
I got so frustrated with mine spinning as I'm changing gear I JB welded it on... Don't ask how I plan on removing it 😂
Hammer...
Hello good vidéo 👍😉
Again wow - 'put me thinking head on ' ua-cam.com/video/L6IxTUMQlEg/v-deo.html - well done ! LR should hire you to get the things done right! - BTW: have that problem currently and now know how to solve ! Applause ! Cheers Axel
Thanks Axel - needs must as they say!
"I had one too, but the knobs fell off." Isn't just an expression for a Land Rover owner but a daily reality. LOL!
That happened to me when I was driving - found my knob a week later in my sock.
Bragging are we?!
Lol!
Hey mike could you do vid for sloppy transfer case lever left and right movement.
Needs new bushings
Damn that intro bloody funny 🤪
Great idea I will be using this on my knob!! It's amazing how frustrating a little thing like this can be especially as I live in Aust. Cheers Steve
Glad it was helpful!
So let me get this straight - Your burning your nuts to stop you knob falling off due to too much vigorous use!
Used upol filler to do the same but beeswaxed the thread on the stick and it held securely but so much so that it was impossible to remove!:)
Click bait worked perfectly.😆
simple , brilliant and cheap .... what more could you want
At least you haven't progressed to little blue knob tablets.
My knob fell off an old triumph! A dolomite 1850HL. I replaced it with a beautiful wooden one that resonated when I touched it!
Very nice!
My older brother snapped the whole thing off my 1960 in 1980, right next to the ball, so I put the Series 3 type of lever, shiny knob and crinkly bush on. Then my girlfriend of the time picked all the white paint out off the letters with her fingernail, so I had to re-do it. When it came to the last rebuild in 2006, my knob was completely worn out after years of being grasped by lots of different hands, so there was nothing for it but to replace it, using a new bush at the same time! It would seem that a smooth shaft with a crinkly bush is the best thing to hold your knob!
indeed!
That's the exact same idea I had but my approach was less refined, didn't heat it. Consequently resulting in a knob of two halves. Must be more patient.
I have a feeling the plastic is Bakelite and not a thermoplastic
Sorry to hear about your Knob thank god the nuts were ok lol GN
lol!
Mike, Question, I did buy a new plastic gear knob, but there is no thread cut inside, are we to tap a new thread or do you just try to force screw on to cut a thread? Do they make them blank for different sticks?It came in a blue bag, oops did I say that out aloud😂
I had the same problem with a Bearmach knob =- ended up drilling and tapping a 1/2 20 UNF thread in the rubber
So basically the rubber popped off your knob, (probably while you were driving it home) and you decide to heat up your nuts with map gas until cherry red.. brilliant, but twisted... Great having a laugh to start the day! Thanks Mike!!
Pretty much!
Great little cheat
Inspired! My nob is floppy on the shaft (probably due to excessive, vigorous use and endless vibration!).
I’m off to ram red hot steel up it!😂😳
Excellent!
You're correct (as usual)... my aluminium knobs do get cold. I was thinking of inventing a knob warmer for Winter, but then I thought 'no, Im a Defender driver so I ought to be a real man and not complain about cold knob syndrome'...
get someone to knit you a woollen knob warmer .. will feel nice in your hand too ... lol
Great idea! Today I fixed the loose diff knob, inspired through your video. But I had to use another method because the hole was too big. I found an old teatcup rubber and cut off just the middle part of it, pressing it into the knob hole and twisting it on the stick. No glue, no fire, it seems to be a strong bond.
Excellent!
Thanks for this Mike! Just yesterday I experienced a wobbly knob! It’d been parked under the sun for a few hours. I’ve never noticed it before but it was a funny coincidence when I got home and saw your video :) Keep up the good work, your videos are much appreciated. Cheers, Andrew (a fellow Yorkshireman living abroad)
Glad it helped!
Many years ago I had a ford car that had an annoying rattling sound coming from the gearbox could not work it out what was wrong in the end I took it into the garage and one of the chaps took it out for a ride down the road and shore enough once we got going this rattling started was my face red when it turned out to be the gear leaver knob lock nut was loose and the sound seemed to go down the shaft and sounded like it was in the gearbox.
Don't know if you remember the Ford gear sticks were held in with a nylon nut which used to strip - especially on 'speed shifts!'
Brilliant if you had worked at land rover they might of still been building an improved defender
I think they would have found a way to fit an ECU in it.....
Hi Mike, great idea. For years I have removed the rubber insert, filled the knob with silicone bathroom sealer and plonked it back on the gearshift. Leave it overnight to set and it works great. Like the original rubber this system helps decrease the level of vibration transmitted through the knob.
Great idea
Great fix, will try mine is wobbly and loose & turning 👍🐨
Good luck!
I love these kind of free “hacks.” Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome!
Brilliant !
All I did was put a bit of fuel hose in mine. Holds on nice and tight and cheaper than a couple of nuts
brilliant,i did the same thing last week,just i used the nut and a grinder and got it to fit snug and it screws out
your a star Mike love your videos taught me a lot thanks again so funny as well makes my day from a very hot yorkshire
Glad you enjoyed it - 35C today here!
only 30 here today mike maybe 33 by the end of week
Great idea 👍
Thank you! 😊
Great idea, thank you Mike! I'm going to do it using glue.
Be careful of gluing the knob on as it can be a bugger to get off when you need to change the transmission (note I said when - not if!)
@@BritannicaRestorations Thank you for the tip Mike :-) I was thinking of glueing the nut inside the knob and then screwing it onto the gear shaft, I mean the gear stick ;-D
Strong in this, the innuendo is....
Nice repair as I like it ! What are the compartments on the control stick. Where did they come from?
Mud UK
very entertaining Mike - dare i say it, i saw your red hot smoking knob....
In this instance, you can tell your friends....
Genius!!
Great tip, mr Mike! I did almost the same in my knob, but i did not heat the nut to insert it. I drilled a hole in the knob slightly smaller than the nut and then I pressed the nut into the knob using a workbench vice. It worked, but your way is better, I think. My way makes the knob material to be under some stress and I wonder if it will crack someday. Your way melts one into another and make a nice fit and bond. Very nice tip! May I ask what tray is that around the gear sticks with the cup holders? Is it from Pumas? Thanks, mister!
The plastic is a strange one - you could see by the force, it took some pushing in but didn't melt the way I expected - which is a good thing, and it has almost bonded to the nut.
The tray is from MudUK
www.mudstuff.co.uk/mud-defender-tunnel-tray.html
Mine is a RHD converted by myself to LHD - it was in a vehicle I scrapped in the UK
Bit expensive and easily knocked out of place as there are no screw fixings
The cup holders are not that deep so I never use them
@@BritannicaRestorations It is now a coin holder! Lol! About the plastic it seems to be some kind of Bakelite, do you know this material? Thanks for your attention!
Yes i thought it smelt like Bakelite - one of the early plastics if I recall
🙏🙏 You are a true definition of a mechanic.
Thanks!
So thats 2 nuts to fix your knob ha ha 😂
lol!
Great idea!
Glad you think so!