I recently purchased a 68-manual console kit from Rick's. I installed this in a car that had no previous console. I have a Muncie 4-speed. My questions is the plastic slider plate. I have the 68 assembly manual but can't quite figure out were this goes or whether or not I even need it. Can anyone help?

And... since I had the existing 4-speed the existing shifter boot was very stiff. So I ordered a new shifter boot (Rick's CP-40) to replace it. Second question is, a fellow Camaro friend said I could attach the boot to the underside of the manual shift plate (drilling 4-holes in the rubber boot) and between the retainer rather than to the hump.

Any comments about this method or should I attach it to the floor of the hump like a shifter without a console?

As always, you comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Mitch:confused:

The boot got screwed to the floor just as if there was no console. The plastic slider fits in the plate channel so the plate slides with the shift handle.

I tried the "mount the boot to the underside console trick" didn't work, the rubber is too stiff and wouldn't go into 1st and Rev. ( my experience)
And I used a hole punch to make it look OEM too.

Because the slide-o-matic is such a poor design, most (myself included) just install a bigger taller boot on the floor. Hurst makes some nice boots.

I have a 67 and that slider in the console is noisey and a dirt catcher. I have been looking for a boot that will mount to floor and go up through the shift plate hole about 2 of the humps. I can't seem to find one. I'd sure like to know what you used. I think the hole for the slider is about the same on 67 & 68, 3x5-1/4. Thanks Bob