Looks like van-cafe has most of the shifter components available:
http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_784/shift_components.html

-Mark

On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 2:42 AM, jbclem <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote:

> On the way home from picking up my new used 1986 Vanagon, I almost
> completely lost access to 1st gear.  I found it way over on the left side
> of the shift pattern, almost the same as reverse without pushing down on
> the shift lever.  Second gear was also hard to find, floating around over
> on the left.
>
> Looking at the shift components I found a lot of play in the ball and cup,
> 1/4' to 1/2", and I'd guess the ball might have broken off a piece since
> the shifting was working ok the previous day.
>
> I've seen a shift lever/ball on eBay(a bit high priced), and Go-Westy has
> one that they have manufactured(but are currently out of).  I'd like to ask
> for advice on where to get a good quality and good priced shift lever with
> ball, and the cup elbow that the ball fits into, in case I also need that.
>
> And are there any DIY tricks for fixing the ball part, temporary or
> permanent.
>
>
> John
>