terry, thanks for the further info, i gotcha on the shifter cable parts because of the turbo car having the 4g63 motor having a different tranny, wrong side of the car, etc, etc

i dont mean to offend you by asking about the master cylinder again but on autozone the part numbers for the 1g turbo and 2g n/t are the same for the master made by beck--something i cant recall the full name. the only reason about this is hopefully my friend can hook me up with it fairly cheap. i think i'll just have to further investigate that. but most likely you'll end up right.

i think im going to just have to hit sechrist, the semi local u pull it yard around here and pull the whole shifter/cable assembly out if i can find it.

i was also wondering what writeup he was referring to, no biggie though. if i was unclear on anything i apologize.

once again thanks for all the help so far.