190E Gear shift knob, How do you remove it?

[Nencrono]

I want to swap over a leather gear shift knob into my car to replace the plastic one. Auto tranny.

How do I do this? I can't remove the PRNDL plate and get access to the brass coloured nut which seems to hold the shift lever. Once I eventually get that nut off, is that all there is to it?

Any advice/pictures most welcome by one of the mechanically inept.

TIA

 

[television]

the gear knob comes off the shaft, you never take the shaft out.

Malcolm

 

[Nencrono]

television,

Do you mean the knob itself unscrews from the shaft & can then be swapped over? I tried that and was using so much force to no avail that I thought I'd twist/break/damage something.

Forgive another silly question, but why do you never take the shaft out?

 

[television]

television,

Do you mean the knob itself unscrews from the shaft & can then be swapped over? I tried that and was using so much force to no avail that I thought I'd twist/break/damage something.

Forgive another silly question, but why do you never take the shaft out?

Sorry I am wrong on your car, forgive me. go to
http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb0.asp?TP=1
page 26 then 060 and you will see your gear knob. that cover you talked about has a clip under each corner and needs a hook to unclip it.

Malcolm