Please, dont take offence to this. I am in no way starting an argument or contesting your post.
mod shifter lock out... dude you did something wrong.. 1st this is fyi down road... hang pair of vicegrips on rod running front to rear close to firewall.. loosen the 8mm (13mm heads) lock bolt nut on the clamp for side to side adj.. just loose.. hold that verticle part in hand, turn the vice grips left/right you will feel clicks... usually 1 click left/right does it.. sometimes half a click.. not so simple.. tighten lock bolt start car up run thru gears.. if all good done.. if you went wrong way.. go other way.. if you went 1 or half click.. well go other way.. why counting clicks.. those nay sayers... there is no way it can click... you feel the splines of the rod/lock slip.. each slip is a nice little pop.. why vicegrip method has never failed me.. works on all 020 set ups.. think of it as a measurement.. ###########disclaimer.. any worn bushing/rods makes this usless.. ###########################
I was think in the FS thread you would have shown this car in its best light and true, a rust free engine bay is a plus but car sales are a strange thing. Any time an engine bay doesn't have an engine the price just went down. That speaks of trouble. Otherwise why would it be coming out of there? Maybe not the case with an upgrade but it is second nature to think bad of something if it isn't the way you expect to see it. At least that is how my pea brain works it. If it works at all. Later DAS