put petrol in it
I was not aware that the Grand Marquis came in a manual Transmission! If it was an Automatic Transmission I would say take it to a Transmission Shop and have it looked at.
It depends on what kind of car it is. Most if not all standard transmission cars have plastic bushings at the pivot points in the linkage. These get worn and out of round causing the shifter to be sloppy. Replacing them should help.
The cheapest and easiest would probably to install a floor shifter. If you don't want to do that, you would have to almost completely dismantle the steering column.
There is a part called the Shifter Sheet by Suzuki. This rubber part sits below the shifter ball in the top of the t-case. When it dries up and crumbles away the t-case shifter can get stuck. A new part is only a few dollars and is easy to replace. If you have this issue, you also probably have a sloppy shifting 5 speed transmission. A new "shifter bolt" will fix this issue.
if you have some recent work done i would check to see if the shifter handle was bolted back one correctly,
I take it you mean that the shifter is loose and is too sloppy to properly find reverse or drive. To fix this, lie on your back under the dash - there is a gold colored triangular plate with two bolts in it. If you wiggle the shifter you will see it move. You may not have the right bit for them, but you can use an Allen key in a pinch. tighten these two bolts and you're done!
replace the worn parts.
Most likely, the bushings on the shift lever have become worn and need to be replaced. If your Villager is equipped with air bags, this job is best left to a professional. There are components which must be removed in the steering wheel which could (if not properly disabled) deploy the air bag and do serious injury.
Usually if your stick is sloppy it is due to the plastic bushes being worn out ! They aren't expensive to replace ($30aud) and basic to fit from inside the car
Sloppy-looking is an adjective.
muslims that are sloppy i guess
Sloppy means untidy