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Interior:
19. Remove the shift lever from the selector lever. Select “neutral” and wedge the large flathead screwdriver between the selector lever and shift arm as seen in the picture. Holding the screwdriver firm, slide the shift lever as if you were going to select reverse. The shift lever should easily slide off selector lever.
20. Now the shifter should flop about and look something like this:
21. Next release the hounds! (or at least the pivot bearing). Using two flathead screwdrivers, place them into the bearing slots as shown. Rotate the bearing clockwise, approximately 90 degrees, as shown by the curved arrow. You may notice the retaining clip start to “bend in” toward the ball as indicated by the small arrow. Once it appears to stop bending in (again, at about 90 degrees rotation), the shift lever will easily pull straight up, attached to the pivot bearing.
22. … and this is what you have: