84 diesel rabbit 5 spd shifter problem
 

I have a 84 diesel rabbit with a 5spd and today i went to go into the reverse and the shifter fell straight down and now it is a pain in the butt to get into any gear. what might have happend?

:pca1::pca1::argh:the shifter sits on mounts, move your heat shields underneath and see if they broke off, theyre only rubber mated to steel, and after this many years probably rusted