Remove rubber boot first and see what's going on there.  It may be just
loose setscrew in collar holding spring in right place.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

Peter Wilson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As I was pushing down on the stick shift on my '84 Camper to get into
> reverse the spring mechanism seemed to let go.  Now the stick shift
> moves freely far to the left and I have to hunt about a bit to tell
> Reverse from 1st from 3rd gears.  It's taken a bit of getting used to
> but it's not much of a problem now.
>
> Am I about to have no linkage at all?  Is this the beginning of a bigger
> problem?  How much trouble would it be to fix?
>
> Thanks for suggestions.
>
> Peter Wilson
> peter@peterwilsonworld.com