3 months and 4000 miles later, about the same as the March 09 update. Still stinks a bit. I need to keep the windows cracked. I am taking it in next week for the oil, filter, and boot change. I wonder if a plastic liner to the shift boot would help keep the stink down.

I am hopeful that with another change of materials the stink will be gone for good. Clearly the shift boot is contaminated again. I'm going to have them save the foam and boot material for me and I'll try to get a couple of pics and post them here.

 

Took it in for the oil change. New shift boot and a 'redesigned' piece of foam around the shift post. Detailed it. We'll see. I expect that this will continue, but I still can hope...

 

Update:

47,000 miles. Took her in for motor oil and told them to change the boot and foam insert one last time and that should do it. The smell has calmed down, but there is some residual in the materials.

Tech asked me if it smelled like sulpher (new guy, my previous tech left). I says, ah, yea. He said that "we have a synthetic that we use now that does not smell".

I said "would have come in handy 13,000 miles ago. Anyway they replaced no charge.

Lubromoly 75W-90

http://www.autosportcatalog.com/auto...gear-oil.shtml

Stink seems to be gone, other than the soak in from 13,000 miles of rotten eggs riding around with me. Detailed her (including shampooing the rugs) and so far so good.

That lube look OK to you gents?

Thanks

 

Update: 50,000 miles - no stink. Tell your mechs to use Lubromoly.