[wesleyc]

My 993 had the same shift link setup and problem. Drove it 500 miles home after purchase barely able to shift into reverse and 3rd. Took the tunnel and shiftboot off under the car when I got home. Bushing ring and broken plastic fell out of shift box ! Shift rod to shifter was hanging on ok. It's a pressed on unit. So when it goes your stuck. A rubber shift box bushing was gone causing most of my immediate problems I used some wire and some rubber material for a week while waiting on new bushings. With 1000miles to go I would pull into a auto parts store borrow/buy tools to get tunnel cover/shift box boot off. If shift box bushings are bad you can rig it up to get back home. Good luck Replaced it all with ssk/golden rod from FDmotorsport.