Shifter problem

[mrmowitall 8]

I noticed when I parked my 800 Special last year that the shifter wasn't going into gear right. I just took it out for the first time this year and it runs great. However when I took it out of first gear I couldn't get it in any other gear. The trans is fine, it's the shifter. It just flops around like there's nothing there. I see that there's a couple of bolts holding a cover on that holds the shifter on. Transmissions not being my strong point, I was wondering if anyone knows what the problem is and what's under that cover. Thanks

[stevasaurus 22,869]

I posted in the transmission section on this...welcome to Red Square.

[mrmowitall 8]

Thanks. I posted it there myself when I realized were I posted it the first time