hello, so I purchased a 340 4spd a few years ago and finally am getting around to installing it. I purchased new zbar and that good stuff from brewers. Trans came with no linkage but had a hurst shifter mounted. I ordered abody linkage. my questions are,

1) there is a lot of play on the shifter side of the linkage, is there supposed to be a plastic bushing in the shifter hole?

2)never had a 4spd a833 don't even know the shift pattern lol. but it seams like my shifter has no left or right movement. is this something that will only work when the linkage is in?