They screw off anti clockwise:thumbs my first T2 unscrewed no probs but this one with a leather gear knob was such a pig to get off I ended up using a pair of stilsons:lol once off I found the top of the gear stick had glue on it:doh
I made my own gear knobs:thumbs
I remember when there was massive demand for the Silver Chrome ones from the Ford Puma's, I used to go round all the scrappies and steal them and put them on eBay :lol