Well, The fuel smell issue is again back to the end of the queue.
Yesterday on my way to work i found myself with the car only engaging 1 3 and 5th gear. all of the gears that require the lever to move back wont engage.
Got home after a stressful journey after work, and... called Dave for help, after the pointers quick conversation we had, i was much better aware of the issue wih the car, and Opened the bonnet, looked for the gear cables, and as Dave mentioned, one of the plastic clips was not holding the cable in place.
Dave mentioned usually the plastic brakes loose and its just a matter of reattaching it. But in my case i am pretty sure it broke. (pictures attached)
After messing a bit with gears and the cables, I felt comfortable I understood its operation and decided as a temporary measure, a very well tightened hose clip could do the trick and allow me to engage gears again.
NOTE. In order to perform this Operation i Also took out the big air hose, and the coolant reservoir, With those off, I could both see the cables and reach them, which made the job easier.
I haven't tried the car on the road yet, decided to update the thread with this solution to see what other people think about the hose clip fix, Usually if possible, i try and get second opinions on these Cowboy fixes, as i may end up causing more harm than good.
distance view of the clip

closer shot of the clip

another closer shot of the clip

Plastic bracket/thingy that broke out.


rusty hose clip on the coolant reservoir

ant its now replaced

rusty bolt on coolant reservoir

and its now replaced, sadly i dont have any stainless steel washers, so decided to keep the old one.

Finally.
I found this connector (pointed by the finger in the picture.
found it a bit odd it goes nowhere, and was curious if anyone knew what is it meant to connect to ?

