Sorry missed a little bit, the problem is there is no gearstick bushes so the stick just goes back into the middle.
What? Sorry I'm a bit confused as the gear is supposed to return to the middle. Do you mean for example, between 1 and second it will literally go in between them?
Thanks mate, been enjoying driving the car now that I've learnt to drive a manual all over again. The problem seems to be with the springs not the bushes, maybe its missing a spring.
If you have a spring, it will return to the central position as in if you clutch it and push it in the middle left, it should go right to the centre. If your missing the spring, when you try what I said, it will just stay there and won't return to the middle.
I lost mine along time ago and never went about to refit the return spring, hasn't really been a drama.
If your having trouble engaging gears, it can be a few things, worn bearings in the box, clutch and gearshifter linkages. (Mine were worn and wouldn't engage reverse at all for awhile!!)