Well I got it to pop out of gear finally. I drained the fluid, opened up the 2 side inspection plates an ran a magnet around in there and collected some chunks of shtuff..
Then I put the rear end on jack stands. my friend turned the wheels in reverse while I pushed on the shifter. POP! back to neutral..
I then decided pull the top shifter cover off to inspect the gears.. Everything looks fine in there.
Cool to see how this tranny works, I will probably rebuild it one day soon.
Thanks
for your help!