Originally Posted by gidpor

Your car might be different than the 126 - and it has been a while, but if memory serves me well, I had softened the bushing in boiling water and then used a small flat screw driver to assist in inserting the bushing into the shifter hole. It really was no big deal. Ofcourse I had taken the shifter off the car but that too just took a few minutes of my time.
Good luck