flip it over, and undo the screw for the ignition switch. remove the screw for the reverse lock out junk, the spring holding it in, and take out the reverse lock out guts.
With all that stuff out of the way, the other screw for the ignition is accessible. take it out.
carefully pry and pop off the clip holding the ignition, and it will come right out the bottom.
I wrapped the black plastic on the shift knob assembly with some tape to pretect it. I didn't have a vice, but I put a small C_clamp on the bottom of the shift rod, held it really tight, and then put a large wrench on the bottom of the shift knob and tapped it with a hammer to pry the knob assembly up and off the rod so i could transfer it to the new assembly...
I forgot to take a pic, so this will do.
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Here is the new Taliaferro version. use a hex head to loosen the reverse "detente" or whatever it's called.
Note: I'd put the knob on last, so you are sure it's lined up right (yeah I intially put it on wrong and had to adjust it later), but this shows how the adjustment of the reverse "detente" works.
you want it to sit next to the plastic tab that sticks out, so when you go from 5th into 4th, it guides the shifter back left and away from an accidental shift into R at 90mph.
When you pull up on the lever, it bypasses this "detente" and you can still get into reverse.
Be sure to move the ignition back over to the new housing, screw it in and clip it in place. You don't re-install the reverse lock out guts on the short shifter.
The guys at Taliaferro/GS drilled out the side, so you can put it back together 1000x easier than it came apart. I twisted the housing around a little, put the igntition switch connector on, and then got the bolt connecting the rod and linkage started from underneath... then my ratchet just fits in the hole and its super easy to tighten that back up.
Be sure to put the shift knob assembly back on all the way so the reverse detente works as shown above. (the little black tab on the side is down low enough to follwo this metal guide from 5th to 4th unless you pull up to get into R)
MAKE SURE TO ADJUST THIS PROPERLY>>> put the car in fifth to get an idea how close it needs to be to guide the shifter into 4th instead of R. I would test it out parked before driving it to be sure.
To get my shift knob assembly all the way on/down, I held a thick piece of rubber on the knob (to protect it) and used a hammer to tap it gently into place all the way down.
At this point, if you're doing this yourself, you should know how it all goes back together. So I didn't take pics going back the other way. Start with bolting the housing back to the floor and just do the rest in reverse and enjoy!!!!
*note: you may attempt to re-install the Reverse lockout if you have lots of patience.