I replaced the ball cup shift bushing and the shift rod bushing (a bugger to push into the bracket) on my last night.
The original bushings had some wear, so these are probably going to help.
The single most important thing that I did to improve the shifting, however... was the rotate the shift rod where it meets the front end of the coupler, to where the stick shift would rotate in the opposite position.
Upon experimentation, I found that the best setting for my car was to rotate the shift rod as far to the left (drivers side) as it could possible go before tightening down the bolt.
There are really noticable improvements in shifting after making this adjustment! Easier to find the gears...and now I dont have to shift into 2nd before going into first at a stop light. Much less grinding into first. Nice improvement.
