[alicarmar]

I called the Richmond tech line - He said that it should be very difficult to move the shift arms by hand and that one will only move if the other two are in the neutral position. He suggested that I may want to try cutting a coil off of the detent spring to loosen things up a bit. He originally assumed that the problem was with the shifter and asked if it's a Hurst or Long - When I told him that it's a Long, he discounted that as a possibility and mentioned that he's heard of plenty of problems with the Hurst unit. I ordered a new detent kit so I can have a set of springs to fiddle with as well as a new fastener kit (the old ones were very rusty) - When the parts arrive, I'll experiment with the springs, button it all up and cross my fingers. I'll let you know what happens.