57 Fairlane; Sloppy shifting, hangs up between first and second. Replaced the bushings in the connecting rods (shift rods that go down to the transmission). Checked youtube for some help. Found a few videos that were in the park but none really landed where I needed them to.  In my manual, the parts called the "retainer", "washer", "cup", and "tube and socket assembly" (page 3-16 in the Clutch, Transmission and Rear Axle section) seem, like my problem could be located there... significant play there and in the "shift levers".
I'm wondering if a more complete rebuild kit might be available for this section of the shifting mechanism... I would like to keep the 3 on the tree as original... am I doomed to replace it with a floor shift?

any ideas?
thanks, Mark

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