Did two things, one yesterday and one today.
Yesterday, I replaced my shift tube bushings to fix the floppy column shift, they were basically just dust. Because I know the tube itself can wear out as well, I bought the Dorman kit with tube and bushings and figured I'd replace it all, as the truck does have 250k on it. That was not a good idea as I soon discovered....
As far as the wear on the original tube, I was wrong about that. Yes, the shift tube has a little tiny bit of wear where the interlock pin goes, but I smoothed it out with a file and it was fine. The new tube was a joke. Easily two or three millimeters of slop between the plunger and tube, as well as a horrible casting quality and finish. Even the old tube only had maybe one millimeter of play in it, AFTER 250k. The part was a joke. I didn't put it in, I just cleaned and re-greased the original tube, put new bushings on, and put it all back together and it feels great.
You can't get good quality parts anymore, I swear. I find myself going to pull a part/LKQ more and more often, as the used genuine old parts are better than the new garbage that is all we can get.
Today, I put together a little tee adapter for the upcoming oil pressure gauge install. I didn't want to spend $30 on the sandwich plate, and with the factory sender in a good location I just made up a fitting to allow me to tack on the new sensor while keeping the original as well.