That spring pin on te shifter linkage is sometimes called the b*tch pin, and if you are laying under the car to do the job of replacing it, even a good punch tool will still leave you aching from trying to position the pin, hold it there, and get a good whack without mashing your finger or dropping the pin. PITA. What I did to reinstall it:
This worked for me while lying under the car, using the same pin that I had removed, still in good shape.
(1) You'll need a nail thin enough to thread through the spring pin with room to spare and long enough to protrude from the top of the linkage after you thread it through the pin and the hole in the linkage that the pin will go into. The head of the nail must be as wide as the diameter of the pin itself (about 8mm).
(2) You'll need a small piece of cork, shaved maybe from a wine cork.
(3) Thread the nail through the pin and the linkage, hold it there, and poke the cork onto the top of the nail on the top of the shifter linkage.
(4) The pin and nail should be able to suspend themselves comfortably and kinda firmly in place without you holding them.
(5) Wack the nail head with good confident strokes until the pin starts to thread in. The nail will probably drop to the ground after a few strokes, leaving the pin started on its journey into the shifter linkage...
This will work in a couple minutes, while lying on the ground, saving you a pin, a parts trip, and days of waiting for the delivery.
More details here:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post366551