As i was just about to reach my hse last week,and about to downshift to 2nd gear,suddenly the gear lever felt mushy and i was not able to shift into any gear. damn...i thought...stopped the car and after searching( long search),found that i was able to shift into 4th,enough to drive into my house porch. found that item 3 in the attachment has dislodged and almost fell loose of the linkage.so i just put it back where it belonged and cliped it in place. just thought that you might want to have yours chkd.