I have a manual 83 240D. About 2 months ago I noticed the shifter was becoming a little difficult. Almost as if it wasn't guiding me into the right gear slot. It has always been weird anyway for me to find the right gear(just not like any other vehicle I've owned). Then slowly since then it's become much worse & now there's just no spring to it...push it all the way right & it stays, no popping back to center neutral. I've adapted to it, just seem to hit the wrong spot sometimes when finding 1st & downshifting into 2nd. I probably haven't driven the car more than 200 miles since this started.

Any ideas? Unsafe? Important to fix immediately? (I would be hard-pressed to find the time right now-maybe in a month it won't be a problem) I just don't want to be doing damage or be in an unsafe situation. Thanks!