I had a bit of an issue wht the shifter linkage yesterday.    I am using a shifter from a 2000 4Runner.   For whatever reason the travel distance from park to low is 4 inches in it.  The Lexus only travels 3.5 inches so the gear positions weren't lining up right.   The Lexus shifter would in no way work so I had to play around with the lengths of the pivot piece under the shifter and on the tranny so the gear positions matched.   It was aggrevating the crap out of me so I didn't take pics but I'll get some later.  Aslo, after cutting and re-welding the linkage from the lexus I discovered that the linkage from a 2000 4Runner was the perfect length. Live and learn.