Well, I still appreciate the info, and it gives me a place to start. I did reroute the shift cable when I put an interior in the car, so its possible it isn't adjusted perfectly. I was on my own so multiple trips in the car, under the car, in the car. under the car, so I may not have gotten it quite right.
I"m not sure which shifter/cable you have, but you should be able to pull the pin out of the barrel "pin" and move it out of the shift lever super easy, at each gear/detent position.
if you go to take it out, and there's tension, and it springs 1/8 inch one way or another, then your current cable setup it holding it "between gears" Cables can also bend, melt, break... some of those B&M of cheetah shifters come with these idiotic 5 foot cables that would be too long for an imperial. a 3 foot cable is a nice upgrade to unclutter/unbind the install. and of course to keep it off your exhaust.
