I am putting a clutch in my F350 right now and when I get it back together, I have a new rubber floor mat and a new shift boot. When I got the truck, the original floor mat was gone so hence my question - the boot screws down to the transmission cover, does it go on top of the rubber mat (meaning the screws go thru the mat)? Or does it screw directly to the trans cover and the the mat goes over on top?

 

It should go on top of the floor mat. Put the mat down first. Then the rubber boot.

 

I think it looks best under the mat and I am pretty sure that is how it is supposed to be. Seen it both ways.

 

You may be right orangeford, I reckon with the chrome ring installed around the boot it would look good either way. I'm not sure how they came from the factory.

 

Mine does not have the chrome ring, which kind of prompted my question. Looks like the chrome ring came later, like 77-up I would guess.

 

Past discussions

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Thanks for the search, orangeford. I really did not think this would have come up before so I did not search.

I think I prefer the boot under, and I *think* I have seen it this way before back in the day with a slit from the hole in the mat up to the front edge so that the mat can be separated to remove the boot so the shifter can be pulled. However, I cannot remember if this was on my uncle's '72 Ford (Dad's side = Ford), or on my other uncle's '72 Chevy (Mom's side = Chevy). Both were red 1/2 tons with SWB flairside/stepside beds, white headache racks and white grille guards, kinda cool they both had same truck basically except one Ford and one GM. But that's another thread...

 

I know that on my old 77 orange f150 ford which had carpet (my Dad bought it new and never modified it), the boot was under the carpet.

 

I stand corrected. I can see now where even with the rings installed they still wouldn't cover the boot when it's placed above the mat.

 

Originally or as I have always seen it, boot first then the floor mat, then the chrome rings mount with tabs that bend and sort of clamp to the mat or carpet.

Or boot first, then carpet, then again the chrome ring that clamps to the carpet.

The PO of my blue truck did carpet first, then the boot....FAIL.

So NO real good way to mount the rings....