Updating my '69 Camaro

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Originally Posted by '02ta

That's the same shifter I had, along with the white Hurst ball. I bet that's where your noise is coming from. If your using a ball knob try putting a generous amount of teflon tape on the threads to quiet it down. I also heard of a couple guys cutting tennis balls in half and sticking them down below the boot, trough the shifter to create a sound barrier. I never tried it but some guys on the corvette forum said they had good results from it.

Regards,
Ryan

I hope you are right, that would be so easy and would have saved me a $2k in tranny rebuild costs If the shop doesn't figure it out, I'll ask them to look into it.