check out the lingages on the tranny, as those can cause issues too
This is how it works(should be close anyway)

1st gear- center cable goes backward, side cable goes backward
2nd gear- center cable goes foreward, side calbe goes backward
3rd gear-center cable goes backward, side cable stays stationary(not
forward or backward)
4th gear-center calbe goes forward, side cable stays stationary
5th gear- center cable goes backward, side cable goes forward
R gear- center cable goes forward, side calbe goes forward

Im not 100% positive if the side cable goes forward or back ward when pucshing the shifter lets say to the left to go into 1st and second, but if not, then just reverse the positon of the side cables above. The side cable moves back and forth when the shifter is moved from left or right of shifter center (N position), which designates gears 1 and 5 for center cable moving backward, and gears 2 and R for center calbe moving forward. When the side cable stays non moving either front nor back, that designates gears 3 and 4 with the center calbe moving foreward and backward

13.5 @108 MPH-2.2 60ft(stupid FWD!)
S16G @ 18 PSI/FMIC/Running on MegaSquirt II (Now with sequential
fuel injection)
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