[Chuck]

The problem with not being able to shift into fifth and reverse, which we thought was due to a missing detent, was actually an adjustment issue. That discovery was made when installation of a detent had no affect on the problem. A bit of adjustment of the cables and then the tranny slid into all gears regardless of whether the detent was in or out.

When installing the detent, we discovered that one does not simply crank it down. Doing so essentially locked up the shifter. A couple of washers on the detent housing took some pressure off the detent and now it works just fine. With the detent in place, one cannot shift directly from fifth to reverse; you need to go into neutral, a push to the left, then right and back into reverse, which hopefully is how it is supposed to work.