904 colum shifter linkage bushings help

Where the rear rod meets the control lever there has to be some kind of plastic bushing. Way to much slop if there wasn't and there are no holes in rod for any kind of clip or pin.
I dont have a pic of or even a name for the linkage clip that snaps on there. It don't leave a lot of space for a bushing. Clip of same design but smaller is used at a choke actuator rod. All examples in my head are 73 and earlier, mostly floor shift. I recall using a scissor jack to lift a sport fury in a parts yard just enough to reach under with a tiny flat head screw driver and disconnect that linkage without being able to see what my hand was doing.
Sometimes us old farts are best ignored.