Last night my girlfriend was driving my aero, and after stopping at a gas station she was unable to shift. (Of course it happens while I'm at work and she's in one of the worst neighborhoods in Detroit). I had my brother shift it for her on the trans, and this morning I found the problem. The cable is disconnected below the dash as you can see in the picture below. I see that the plastic sleeve surrounding the bolt is cracked, and i would think that there should be a nut on the other end. Is that all that connects this, and is this something I might be able to find intact at the junkyard?

 

I figured it out. It was missing a screw, and cracked.

 

All I know on how to fix that is to replace. Have you found some way to jerry rig it to work?