New Hurst Shifter Problem - Won't Shift

[Black66]

Hey guys I'm new here, just bought a '66 C10 stepside with a 350 in it and a 4spd Saginaw 441 tranny. It came with some unstamped Hurst (i think) shifter mechanism in it that was having problems so I decided to buy a new Hurst Competition/Plus 4 speed shifter for it.

Today I put the new Hurst in and it doesn't budge in 1-2. It barely goes forward in 3 and I think it can go all the way into 4. There's no defined neutral either like the old shifter I just took out.

This picture shows the arms in the old shifter, notice rod 3-4 and rod 1-2 were screwed in flush and the reverse rod was barely screwed in:

The reason for removing this shifter was because after shifting into 2nd, it would get caught and not be able to shift to 3rd or 4th until I wiggled the stick in neutral between 1-2.

Here is where I'm at now with the new Hurst shifter installed:


Using the alignment pin to get a good neutral, I fit all the rods to that spot by screwing those nipple things to the appropriate spot on the rod. Notice the 3-4 rod (left) needed quite a lot of adjustment to sit in the new shifter. Also the 1-2 rod is on the other side of the 1-2 arm in regards to the previous shifter setup.

My question is: Is the transmission stuck in 4th gear because I had to adjust that rod drastically? Do I need to take out the cotter pins that are connecting the rods to the transmission and move the plates around until I find a proper neutral on that end THEN adjust the nipples on the rods near the arms in the shifter mechanism? Any help would be greatly appreciated!