The images may help both of us in the explanation and the understanding.



This is the arm attached to the front of the transmission and it shows a bushing in place in the arm. This of course is a used transmission and the bushing does not stand out well. This is the one that is most difficult to get into place as the work space is very tight. This is the one you may want to clip the edge back some on one side and lube it up before trying to squeeze it into place with needle nose pliers.



The end of the rod that attaches to this arm has a pin with an Eclip to hold it in place. There is probably a washer that goes on before the Eclip is slipped into place. This image also includes two new bushings. Getting that Eclip into place can be difficult as well, the space is tight. Long thin needle nosed pliers?



The other end of the linkage rod will look similiar to this. I believe this is a rod off of a 740 and they are a bit different. Again it is secured by an Eclip or I have also seen a spring clip used on some cars. The spring clips are a lot easier to keep track of... the Eclips can vanish if you are not careful :-)

I do not have an image of the end of the shifter rod that contains the bushing. This one is not as diffucult to install as the one on the transmission, but again a little lube helps a lot.

You will have the opportunity to remove the linkage rod completely and I suggest you do. By removing it you can spray pentrant on the adjustment assembly and free things up making it a lot easier to adjust when you are putting the finishing touches on the job.

Randy