NOS 4 speed shifter boot [EOTZ-7277-H] check closely for accuracy!

[1986F150Six]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1980-83-Ford-F-Series-And-Bronco-4-Speed-Shifter-Boot-E0TZ-7277-H/263327770701?epid=1524666220&hash=item3d4f8ee84d:g:OdEAAOSw-ldZa4xI&vxp=mtr

[Gary Lewis]

The handy dandy page (Interior/Boots) says it is for an 80 - 83 w/the 4-speed overdrive tranny.

[PetesPonies]

My '82 isn't round. Isn't the one linked here round??

[Gary Lewis]

Yes, it is round.  And the package says it is an E0TZ 7277-H, which is the right one for an 80-83 4-speed w/overdrive.

Don't know more than that.

[PetesPonies]

Well I know mine looks like others and they are more square, or rectangular. Definitely not round.

[Ford F834]

This is just an impression, but the boot and trim ring in Pete's truck looks an awful lot like a ZF-5 boot to me, and the hole at the top where the shifter cane comes out does not look like it hugs the cane the way it should. I could be completely wrong but that's just how it looks to me.

That said, I have looked at a lot of junkyard trucks and I don't ever recall seeing any round boots. Maybe I'm just not remembering right but I thought even the SROD/SMOD/TOD had square or rectangular ones... I will have to pay more attention. 🤔

[PetesPonies]

Mine is the 3spdOD trans. No telling if the boot got changed at some point, so maybe its not right. Below is a pic of a '79 I own ( that I have let a friend use, until they no longer need it ). I put the 3spdOD in it. I don't remember where I go this boot?  whether the boot was on the shifter when I bought the trans or what??

[Gary Lewis]

Pete - Ford would call your tranny a 4-speed with overdrive.  That's as opposed to a 4-speed w/o overdrive, like the NP435 or T-19.  Just explaining how to read the catalog.

[PetesPonies]

Yeah I know that. I just refer to them that way, because that is really what they are. Many people think they are a true 4 spd, with 4th being 1:1. I use that terminology so everyone knows what I'm talking about. And  as a side note . . when used in the Mustangs, they said  4 on the shifter knob. But in the trucks, 3 and OD was the last position :)

[Gary Lewis]

Ok, just making sure.  Ford's terminology is somewhat odd, and 3-speed + OD is more obvious.