[CSHADES]

i wanted to update this and maybe help someone with the same problem down the road. I went and picked up the truck on the july 4th weekend. I found another shifter box from a local guy here that was putting an auto in his truck. I installed the replacement box and found that it was actually worse than the box I already had. So using the advise that I had received in the earlier posts here I figured I would try fixing the original box. I took it apart, filed the cover and rechecked the slop. it was still very sloppy so I proceeded to very carefully grind the cover and the lower housing with a 3 inch sanding wheel on my die grinder, I went slowly and stopped when the slop was gone from the shaft to box. the one end was actually to tight and wouldn't let the shaft/levers move freely. I used a brake cylinder hone on cover holes for the shafts. at this point the shaft and box had no side to side or up and down movement. I thought I had I handled, reinstalled the box and tried shifting. it was still horrible but different horrible than before. I decided to disassemble the shift lever and upper pivot point. the screw on pivot was very stiff to unscrew and when I finally got it apart I could see all of the body dust and other accumulated debris. I cleaned every thing, lubed and reinstalled. it worked great. I drove the truck back to the owners house which is about 30 miles away and tourist area that requires quite a bit of shifting. no problems. I talked the owner on the phone last week and he told me that he hasn't had any problems with it other than he thinks the shifter travels to far now which I informed him that it just shifts easier now. I think we are good now.