They looked like the right part and had a 112 part number, so seemed correct.   Like the lower one, it was quite an easy fitting.

It is also important to re-connect the neutral safety switch.   All seemed fine, but after a test drive, the lower end of the linkage fell off again.   I put it back on, so either:

1. I loosened it putting the upper bushing on
2. I have used the wrong bushing
3. I have fitted it incorrectly

I will need to try again and see what happens.

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After I had used the 250SE as a wedding car, one of the bushings for the linkages broke, so today my job was to fit the new ones I had ordered.   This isn’t particularly difficult, but slightly harder on the cabriolet due to the transmission tunnel brace.   I had previously parked the car by using a bulldog clip to hold the linkages in place temporarily.

The new bushing went on pretty easily, thanks to the special set of bushing pliers I had purchased.

A test drive showed everything working properly, until the next bushing up the lever disintegrated and I was left with the shift linkage on the ground under the car.    Yet again, a bulldog clip came to the rescue to park the car.

Next will be to take a look at this bushing and see if I can get it replaced.

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