Did the same darn thing Fisher, went out for a jaunt, parked in the driveway with it shut off for 10 minutes, came back out to move into garage and shifter would barely move. I have small block with 1 7/8 TTI's. I do have a mini starter and the B and M shifter came with a pretty long cable. I got a shorter cable from Summit and was able to route it better. I also put some heat resistant sheathing around the cable. I hear you, it is a trick. The second time I probably spent 5 hours getting everything correct. I think I even made a small solid bracket to hold it off of the headers. Good Luck!
