833 Rake between gears.

I'm getting that raking sound when shifting the 69 dart. Someone mentioned to me it might be in the shifter??? I'm not a transmission expert by any means. Before I drop the tranny and take it somewhere to look inside does anybody have any external "shade tree mechanic" things I can try in order to smooth the shifting on my Dart?

Start by making sure the bolts that attach the shifter to the transmission plate are torqued correctly, adjust your shifter linkage, drain fluid and replace with 90 wt gear oil. If it still grinds, listen to the guys above.