Final update and another thank you: The wife and I just took the car for a trundle to the local Laithwaites and successfully made it back with a boot full of wine so all working again
The new hole in the replacement shaft (for bolt 8 to go in on the diagram at the top of the thread) worked a treat. When putting it all back together, I realised that when selecting 2,4,R the M12 threaded rod that goes through the aluminium block was just hitting the bush that my new shaft was sliding in, making it hard to select those gears. Looking at the chunk worn on the bush, it had been doing this for as long as I have had the car.
So, threaded rod back out, saw 5mm off the end, put it all back nice and straight rather than the slightly odd angle it always used to be and the gear change is so much better than it has ever been before!
Best go book a ticket for the AGM now I've got a car to turn up in
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