Pulled/reinstalled slant6-won’t shift out of 1st now

Hey guys,

Yet another one for ya. I pulled my slant6/904 to paint the bay and reinstalled it. Hooked everything up exactly how it was when it was running fine.

I have to give the car about 1/2 throttle to get it to move from a stop (not much play in cable either) and it doesn’t want to shift out of 1st, it tries and tries but won’t shift.

Another possibly related issue/cause is once I hooked up the column shift linkage, the car didn’t want to start. Had to play around with the linkage and it finally turned over-I think it wasn’t fully in park or not sensing it was in park. Also, after cruising around the block I stopped the car, shifted into park, and the car still rolled like it was in neutral. I had to pull it back down into gear then into park again.

I replaced the shift shaft bushing while the trans was out, but no issues during the process.

Also, I attempted to out the old beat up dust cover on the 904 and the converter bolted mutilated it and I shut it off quick. Not sure if that has something to do with it?

Any ideas on what it could be?