Quote Originally Posted by mrmustang View Post
You'll have to reconfigure the shifter mounts, take a sledge hammer to the top of the lower ridge of the transmission tunnel/fire wall to nudge it an inch or two (no cutting required) for clearance, configure a new driveshaft. Otherwise, it too is almost a straight bolt it affair.Bill S.
This is what I think you predict I will find. Tell me how close I am.

If the shifter is removed, the trans case will fit in the tunnel. The parts of the shifter that protrude into the tunnel will hit the trans. Raising the footprint of the shifter mount pad will raise the in-tunnel shifter parts enough to clear the trans.