I'll check those tomorrow. I have noticed that I have excessive front to back play in the shifter before I can feel anything move. Compared it to the one in my talon with the same short shifter setup and it's about .5-1.0 inches difference.

And how difficult would it be to switch the 5th gears out? I have a spare trans I could use for parts, but I've never gone into the tranny and have 0 experience with transmissions. Is there a good place for diagrams on which parts I need to get or a walkthru on how to do it? I figure I already have done everything else, I might as well give this tranny work a shot.

BTW thanks for the responses guys. I didn't even know people checked this part of the forum regularly.