Super Six Gearlever Butler Finish

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Geoff writes that the gear lever was originally finished in nickel and

asks:



<< What do you mean ""butler"" finish? >>



Butler Finish is a type of nickel plating that had a matt appearance. It

was very, very common on upscale sedans in the twenties, even the upscale

Model As used it. My '29 Super Six Town Sedan should have it but it was

redone in chrome by somebody in the past. Many of the Super Six sales

brochures mention that the interior trim in done in butler finish but neglect

to call out which pieces were bright nickel and which were butler finish

nickel. The gear lever being such a large and visible piece is important to

get right. Any opinions?

> How does it come off the car? It looks like the dust cover is held on by

> a pin and can be readily removed. The lever looks to be held into the top of

> the gearbox by a threaded ring with a segmented crown for some sort of

> special tool.

> What can I use to remove the ring? Is there any more to it?

<< ***The cover is held on by a taper pin. There is a lock wire through

the pin and screw cap. Take this out and the ball cap just unscrews by

hand usually. >>



This turned out to be very easy. The cap did unscrew by hand on the parts

car lever kept in outdoor storage. There was another pin through the

gearlever tower on the '26 parts car. It was retained by a snap pin on each

side, There was also a square spacer part in the vertical cut out on the ball

part of the lever. It was pierced and retained by the pin. Any idea what this

does?

I believe that the coupe should be just as easy when I get to it

hopefully in two days time. I painted the parts car lever black intending to

use it on the Coupe while that lever is at the platers.

> How does the

> propellor shaft come undone at the back of the transmission? It looks to

have

> some sort of ball cover to keep lube in the U-joint. If I unbolt the cover,

> does the connection have some sort of splined shaft like a modern box?

<< ***The joint just unbolts at the flange. Don't unscrew the ferruled

seal cover from the rear or slide the joint off the shaft unless you

first of all not the position of the arrows on the shaft and spline,

otherwise you will get hem back in the wrong position, which leads to

vibration and wear. The covers are held on by round head cap screws.



Watch out for the key that the shaft goes through. This is all

described in the '26 workshop manual. It's pretty simple really, once

you have done it! >>



I have that manual and will give it a look this evening, thanks for the

reminder!





Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

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