Gear knob removal...

[Paul-R]

It would appear heat is your friend....

Put the 3kW fan heater we use for defrosting the cars next to it for 10 mins, and it just came off in my hand

Oo-err missus.

So we'll have to stop with the knob jokes now

Never!

[ozfrog]

It would appear heat is your friend....

That probably explains why I had relatively little trouble removing the knob in my 307. Heat is not usually in short supply in this country. England, on the other hand …

[Stickyfinger]

So we'll have to stop with the knob jokes now

awwwa bolloc@ks. we had just got going....

[RichardW]

Well, my new knob works OK, but is not as tactile as my old one

[thorter]

Leverage! Two feet of old 3x2 timber, drill hole 2 inches from the end, then slot out to the end by making two saw cuts. Size this to slide over the gear lever so that it can bear on the knob. Now a pile of bricks or whatever on the floor so you can lever the knob up, making sure you achieve a 5:1 mechanical advantage. Spead the load on the floor if you can see daylight coming up through it!

[RichardW]

That was my next plan, but the heat removed the need!

[Paul-R]

Oo-err missus!

[ekjdm14]

Aw dammit I missed out on a good punfest... Was gonna say, the cold weather does tend to make ones knob shrink so no surprise it took some heat to win the day.