and while you have the shifter out of the car cut off the cable and pull the stud and cable through the bottom of the lever to eliminate the reverse lockout. i used a dremel with a cutoff wheel for that and a hack saw for the shifter. the whole thing took about 30 min to do including R&R

97 contour gl mtx front & rear upper strut tower braces 19mm bat sway bar Koni struts w/GC knockoffs