lock doc you had it with the stuck lever. I hosed it down with PB blaster and I can feel the detents and it locks in P and wont go from N to R without pulling back. so thats good!! I sprayed the actual shift tube (why do they call it a tube? its a lever and its not even round) and pulled the steering wheel apart down to the upper bearing and hosed down the inside of the column.
While it was soaking I went to the chevy dealer to see about getting a new upper bearing but they didnt have one.
So my next task was the indicator is way out of whack to the left.
I started by trying to set the adjustment on the adjusting ring.
When set to the proper clearance the detents "feel" correct but the indicator on the column doesnt change.
I tried loosening the nuts above the adjusting color but theres no adjustment to the peice that has the stops.
I loosened everything on those pic and tried to twist the collar the shift lever is attached to but that doesnt move.
Then i somehow torqued my back and had to hobble back home. lol. I need to go with somebody else to move the shift lever while I watch what happens to the pieces under the hood.
It also looks like my linkage has been cut and spliced back together.
for posterity..
loosen the blots pointed to in red. Spin the collar and the part pointed to in green goes in and out limiting the amount of travel the shift tube can make up and down. Spin it to far and you cant get out of park.