SUPER hot stick shift

[millsan1]

My stick is super hot, I mean like burn yourslef on it hot.

I was worried about trans problems, so I took it to a shop and had the fluid in the tranny (78 5 spd) changed and I had them add an engine additive that I like to use.

It cooled the stick off some, but it is still super hot.

I pulled the tunnel cover off, and discovered that the rubber boot cover is all but gone, so there is a ton of hot air coming in there, but I don't think it should get this hot.

I have no shifting issues, no unusual noises, but the stick is really hot.

I know that the tunnel will get hot, but this seems excessive. It has been almost 17 years since I had a Z, so maybe I am just forgetting that this is normal.

So my question is, is it normal for the stick to be burning hot?

Thanks

[Walter Moore]

Are you sure that you don't have an exaust leak in that area?

[Virto]

My tunnel gets plenty warm on my automatic, and if the outside temp is over 95, it can be pretty unbearable.

However, as Walter mentioned, I have an exhaust leak in that area. I would be worth checking out on your car as well.

[Victor Laury]

The road is hot, the engine is too. All that heat get channeled up the shift hole. Hell yea the shifter gets hot. I'm have this issue right now with the roadster.

[millsan1]

Well, I am stripping the car down to the unibody and building a resto mod, so I will find out soon enough!

[wedgey]

hi

when you a doing the restoration

if you are not going for a full original look or concourse

do what they do to the new cars

and fit a heat sheild through the tunnel area

so it does not get as hot

it should cool it down and the heat would be dispursed away

before it gets to your tunnel

robert:classic:

[Arne]

The road is hot, the engine is too. All that heat get channeled up the shift hole. Hell yea the shifter gets hot. I'm have this issue right now with the roadster.

I haven't driven my Z long enough to notice this, but the old MG would do this, the lever would get hot enough to be uncomfortable to touch. No exhaust leak on that car, either.