Alter Shift Gate Auto Console Shifter

Agreed, so here are a couple of pictures of what i worked on last night; each picture shows the lever in a different position to give a complete view of the shift gate. I need to buy a more narrow file as I was having trouble "ramping" the slide between second and Drive. I notched the Drive position fairly high but I decided to also file a notch for Reverse so I would have a nice positive stop there and not accidently bump the lever into Reverse from either Neutral or Park. I also put a very shallow notch for Second; I didn't like the way it slid into Second from either forward or backwards movement of the lever so I thought a shallow stop there would give a nice positive lock that could be overcome with a slightly firm bump, it seems to work pretty well. Since I live in the frozen north I have about three or four months before I can drive the car to test it. This was a spare shift mechanism I had lying around with no intention to use it but I really like how the shift gate feels now and I may use it if I can keep the cable from not sticking, I think somewhere in it's life it was learning how to swim...rusty!