904 Linkage seems off?

I pulled the pan and appears the problem is in the column shift mechanism. Shifting from P-R-N-D-2-1 everything lines up but going in the other direction there is a lot of slop. From 1-2there is no movement and from D-N it does not shift out of D and does not go into R until almost in P. I pealed back the boot around the shift mechanism in the column but impossible to see what's going on in there.

Also found another issue that may or may not be related. When I pulled the pan there is a dark film on the bottom of the pan that looks a lot like burnt clutch material and I've only driven about 40 miles : (