Wooden gear Kob

I've just bought my first Alpha, It's a 156 1.8TS 1999. Every thing about
the car is superb, except it has the wooden trim. Ive bought some momo parts
for it (Gear knob & Handbreak handle.) But i can't for the life of me work
out how to remove the old wooden stuff. On many other cars there is a simple
screw holding it on, or they just pull off easy. There is no screw and i've
tried pulling AND twisting. Don't want to break anything though. How Do You
Get Them Off. Are they Held on by magic? Do i have to break them off?
Somebody please help!

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Simon J

Simon J wrote:
>I've just bought my first Alpha, It's a 156 1.8TS 1999. Every thing about
>the car is superb, except it has the wooden trim. Ive bought some momo parts
>for it (Gear knob & Handbreak handle.) But i can't for the life of me work
>out how to remove the old wooden stuff. On many other cars there is a simple
>screw holding it on, or they just pull off easy. There is no screw and i've
>tried pulling AND twisting. Don't want to break anything though. How Do You
>Get Them Off. Are they Held on by magic? Do i have to break them off?
>Somebody please help!
>Sorry made a school boy error it's a gear knob not kob,
and even worse it's Alfa not Alpha, but thats what happens when you let your
girlfriend do the typing.
Hope i havent offended anyone.

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Simon J

Simon J via CarKB.com wrote:

>
> Simon J wrote:
>>I've just bought my first Alpha, It's a 156 1.8TS 1999. Every thing about
>>the car is superb, except it has the wooden trim. Ive bought some momo
>>parts for it (Gear knob & Handbreak handle.) But i can't for the life of
>>me work out how to remove the old wooden stuff. On many other cars there
>>is a simple screw holding it on, or they just pull off easy. There is no
>>screw and i've tried pulling AND twisting. Don't want to break anything
>>though. How Do You Get Them Off. Are they Held on by magic? Do i have to
>>break them off? Somebody please help!
>>Sorry made a school boy error it's a gear knob not kob,
> and even worse it's Alfa not Alpha, but thats what happens when you let
> your girlfriend do the typing.
> Hope i havent offended anyone.
>
I think we'll let you off, you spotted it

AFAIK the gearknob needs to be forced off. That is certainly the case with
the plastic ones.

Can't help with the handbrake though, sorry
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"Simon J via CarKB.com" > wrote in message
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>
> Simon J wrote:
>>Sorry made a school boy error it's a gear knob not kob,
> and even worse it's Alfa not Alpha, but thats what happens when you let
> your
> girlfriend do the typing.
> Hope i havent offended anyone.
>

Hi Simon.

Knobs discussed many times! Answer courtesy of the omniscient Gert-Jan :-)
Try http://tinyurl.com/9cnou

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