How can something soooo small be such a pain to replace......... aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr rrrrrghhhhhhhhhhh... !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Removed the shifter to see whats down there,,.. and as suspected the Shifter bush wasnt even there... must have disintegrated and gone before i was born...The whole shifter rod will have to be removed from the front of the car... to do that you will need to detached the coupling bush thingy which you will find under that cover under the back seat above the chassis vin number... then go under the car upfront and look for a plate that is on the Head Pan of the chassis... (its where the front beam is attached to chassis)... remove the plate and then look into the spare tyre well inside the trunk for the round inspection cover in the middle... Remove this cover and you will be able to look all the way through the tunnel...
Now get back into the car and start pushing/pulling or what ever means to get the rod out toward the front of the car...... when you get towards the end of the rod at the shifter hole... the rod should be peeping out the plate on the head pan... at this point if you are only changing the shifter bushing ... just replace the bushing and using a pair of pliers with rubber tape around its teeth tenderly but forcefully (you will know what i mean) ... levy the rod back into position...
But i wanted to clear up the rust and dirt on the rod... so i took the whole thing out clean it and greased it to hell.... you can see the clip from the old bushing still on the rod... but still no sighting of the the old bushing,....
I used a broom stick (just the stick) to push the rest of the rod out... it will come in handy when you push the damn thing back in.... i've read that its easy for some but harder for others... for me it was the latter...
I later found out that when pushing it in the beginning stage you will need to turn the rod towards the left side of the car (if you are standing in front of the car looking at it... this means your right side) so that it will clear all those mysterious tubes and what-not's in the tunnel...
so do this as slowly as you can and the rod will go in smoothly ... as soon as you feel resistance stop and pull it out a little till is smooth then push it in again (yes this is better than porn)
once everything is in place... bolt everything back together and go through the shifter with glee...
a close up of the new shifter bushing placed in its slot.... by the end of the day if you did it like me... you will be all sweaty and dirty and you will need two many three showers.... ;)
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