[ford50forlife]

i got a call from my boy a little while ago and i turns out they are stuck on the shift linkage on his older 2nd gen integra while in the midst of a tranny swap cause he blew the first.... i came over and to my ****ing suprise it looks like the black bar (linkage) needs to be drilled out as it doesnt seem like it just up and slides out of the case or is held in by anything. any help here on how to get it out?

sorry i posted this elsewhere already but these kids expect to go to miami tommorrow with it lOL