Hey there,
  Not sure if you got a response on this already but it's pretty straight
forward.  I did it a few years ago but usually the plastic ball under the
shifter that makes it so you push down for reverse breaks so you have
first and reverse essentially next to each other.  There are a few
pieces.  If I remember correctly there is a top and bottom to the plastic
ball and a spring as well as a cover that goes over it all.  The biggest
pain is getting at the underside of the shifter box...you have to remove
the spare and disconnect the linkage from below...again this is all from
memory.  It was a fairly straight forward job that took an hour or two.
Keep track of parts as you dismantle and put them back together in the
same order.
  I recall seeing a kit from Go Westy, I believe, that has all the pieces
in a kit for a reasonable price as even if all aren't broken it's good to
knock them all out at once.

Good Luck!
  Tolga

>Date:    Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:55:32 -0700
>From:    James Lowe <james.lowe@COX.NET>
>Subject: Sloppy Shifter
>
>Has anyone repaired a sloppy shifter?
>
>My 87 Syncro has a lot of play in the stick shift, and I put her in =
>reverse at stop lights as often as not.  I haven't hit anyone behind me =
>yet but it could happen any day now.
>
>I just went through the Bentley's Repair Manual and it looks like =
>there's a lot of small parts.  Is it a complicated thing to fix this?
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
>
>Jim
>87 Syncro