Well, thanks to an olfactorally obnoxious case of Mildew (of the Funky Jungle Rot caliber), my carpet is gone. --- I have yet to replace it with anything - but unlike some of the reports above, I havenÆt noticed that the interior noise is really all-that-much louderà maybe a little, but nothing that I would consider truly bothersome.



As for the Broiled Right Leg Syndromeà

Immediately after doing the 3-inch Body Lift (and long before I ever removed the carpet), I experienced the exact same phenomenon. --- Any time that I drove for more than about a half-hour, there was a blast furnace of heat coming from the transmission tunnel, and it would slow roast my right calf something awful.

It turned out that I had a bad seal on the shifter boot (this probably had something to do with the fact that I had to cut part of the boot in order to get the shift levers to go where they needed to). --- The super-heated air off of the engine and transmission was getting inside of the cabin û most of which was shooting straight at my leg.

The solution came when I decided to break-out my trusty Black Gaffing Tape û I sealed the entire boot, and affixed it securely to the trans tunnel. --- Problem solved.


AFTER removing the carpet, I went ahead and replaced the shifter boot with a fifty-cent junk yard find, and resealed the ænewÆ one with another batch of Black Gaffing Tape. --- However, this time I didnÆt cut the boot... Instead, I pushed the shifter surrounds all of the way down as far toward the bottom of the shift levers as I could get them, and then sealed those with BGT. --- This allowed for the full range of movement to occur on the shift levers, without requiring any holes or release-cuts in the boot itself.


I donÆt know if this same leakage is the actual source of the trans tunnel heat for anyone else, but itÆs certainly something worth looking into. --- All I can tell you is that my legs are no longer being cooked, despite the fact that I have no carpet.

HTH


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