[Bitzer]

so its been doing it for a couple weeks now, just havent thought much about it, but when driving for at least 20min along a main road using the higher ratio gears, the shift leaver gets more than a tad warm. the cover on the shift arm has slid down a little, exposing an inch of the metal arm and this gets quite warm. enough to make you wince. there seems to be a bit of heat floating around the cab from the centre piece between seats too. anyone had this before? any ideas what it is? i had the mechanic do oil checks last time it had its big service, not even 10,000km ago.

 

[Bitzer]

yeah i thought the same thing. i spose when i get my 3" exhaust il find out if it is anything to do with it or not as the 3" shouldnt retain the heat as much...puzzler though

 

[gf0012-aust]

have the same problem, the upside is that when camping it means that the mattress is alreadu quite hot - great for winter, not so flash for summer though.

haven't worked out whether its the driveline or the exhaust system as I do have a 3". that got so hot last week it buggered up the heat exchange between my tank and the servos - I had to spray the LPG tank to shift the temp so that it could receive gas from the bowser.

so, check your exhaust system as well