The usual , me fooling around when I could be doing useful work.

Shift linkage mods , the “cup” at selector, I might have posted years ago about another one I made, and yes you can buy “billet” ones. But nothing quite as good as this one :-)

And a guide bushing just forward of that cup thing.

https://shufti.blog/2021/08/08/vanagon-syncro-some-shift-linkage-mods/

Alistair