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Old 01-30-2012, 03:40 PM
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I made a new accordian-style crumb catcher out of a flexible cutting board, but any flexible plastic should work. Seems I remember the size was 1-1/4" X 13" X <2mm thickness. I made a template from craft paper and intended to make a nice black leather one from an old belt, but someone rear-ended the car and it is now gone to car heaven.

Good R&R info above, but let me add: use an old credit card to pry against the wood to remove the trim around the shifter. It may be glued down from coke spills over the years (mine was, sad to say) Once you get the wood off, the shift (on my '96, at least) is in a black plastic box. Four screws hold it together/down. Take them out and the track for the cover is between the two layers of plastic you'll remove. You can also clean up any sticky spills and clean the position indicator window, made mine look like new!

HTH,
Tom
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