i dont got a/c but thats not y its so goddamn hot in my car

[PeteyAce]

i dont know why but it is steaming underneath where my transmission is, its so hot i get burned just touching the top of the ashtray cover, could there be some insulator mssing? i believe i have a stock shifter...

 

[Stangtamer]

do you have the rubber insulation boot that bolts down over the shifter?

 

[wazazzle]

is it steaming and hot? smokey? burning smell? need a little more details.. have you pulled the center console up? could be cigarette lighter, light, worn insul on wires, live wire.. etc!

 

[PeteyAce]

i dont have the shifter boot, its no smell jsut gets really really hot the whole console from the where the armest was to the shifter

 

[GT89Mustang]

Check the cats, i just got new ones welded in for inspection and it heats up the center console like crazy, prob going back to an o/r h or x

 

[PeteyAce]

i dont got cats i got an o/r h

 

[wazazzle]

boot would def help, keeps the heat from sneeking up while stopped. otherwise air underneath would brush it way. regardless i think if you get a boot that will help. i noticed the same thing when i drove my car w/o the boot. i was replacing the center console and shifter. the base got a bit hot, heat transfers and just think of it like heat traveling up the handle of a hot pan. get a rubber boot seal should solve the prob and also keeps debri out.

 

[PeteyAce]

who about the cosole i got a heat welt from touching the ashtray top with my arm

 

[trents99]

If you pull out your console you'll be able to see right through the floor board to the ground. There are a few small openings where the e-brake cables are routed. My '89 gets hot there and my '99 did too. Only thing I could suggest is to pull the console and find some type of flexible insulation to put down in there. I know Home Depot they sell some tar based material that is like a dynamat type material. I think that may work well so that's what I'm gonna try when I put in my new carpet.