[The Deuce]

I think I knocked something loose in my Shifter linkage. I was backing the car up tonight and the tranny got stuck in Reverse. I got it into neutral but there was a lot of resistance in the stick.

I wasn't in a position to take it apart, or leave it there, so I played a little rough and shook it loose. Unfortunatly, now accelerating there is a rattling coming from what I think is right on top of the transmission.

Don't have any idea what it could be, other than a clip or something simple. I hope. The last thing I need is to have broken something major not doing anything fun. Any thoughts before I open it up? I'm not real fond of digging into it, as I don't have even a bad manual here yet.

Is my car freak of nature, or has anyone else encountered a similar problem?