Back on the road again!! And the little selector pin that went AWOL is now on tight with locktite :)
Also now have a polybushed gearchange assembly which gives a much nicer feel to the gearchange - not so much vagueness. (That's right people, a MODIFICATION!!)
However on the test drive all the sound deadening was removed from round the gearstick, and f*ck me the 'box sounds horrible!! Time to seriously start looking for a replacement me thinks!!