[rwgregory]

Can't help you with the cab mounting issues, but I can tell you how to remove the shifter. Remove the rubber boot from the floor, you can just slide it up the shift handle toward the shift knob. Where the shifter comes out of the trans the shift shaft should be covered with a tin,(sheetmetal) ball shaped cover about 2" in diameter. Firmly grasp the shifter handle with one hand and the tin ball cover with the other hand. Push straight down on both and try to turn them either right or left to about the 10:00 or 2:00 o'clock position. This should "unlock" the shifter so you can pull it straight up and out of the trans. Hope this works for you.