Shifter detent plate in wrong positon

[Mike_The_Grad]

I myself am looking for some help some what related to your situation. My 1972 c10 w/th350 also does not align with indicator. When I had a friend hold the shifter in the 'park' position according to the indicator on column, I disconnected the shifter bracket at transmission. The transmission was not even in a detent position.so I went to the closest one which clicked first, when I asked him to loosen his grip I then placed the selector shaft onto the shift detent bracket at transmission. When I went to cab to see where it landed, it was in 'L-2' !!!!! WTH?! lOL! So when I got back under the truck I removed the shaft once again and moved the shift detent bracket to the furthest detent possible to the rear of transmission, when I reattached the shifter it was way lower than 'L-1' so I repeated the process in opposite direction. When I tried to attach shifter to bracket, I noticed it had resistance. Looking up through headers to steering controls I noticed the 'Parking Pawl' mechanism. Telling me I was close. So I asked him to pull shifter towards steering wheel while I positioned the shifter to bracket. When he released the shifter it was at about the 1 o'clock position if you were seated in cab looking forward at the steering wheel. Pretty much off the indicator completely. What's the deal here? I have spent HOURS searching these forums,Google,Google images, and YouTube. And I am serious when I mean HOURS. All I need is a picture of the side of the transmission (th350) showing the angle and orientation of the brackets mounting hardware. (Is the hole on bracket on the top or bottom, is the spring retainer pushing the shifter away from the transmission body or towards the transmission body? Sorry to hijack your thread, maybe both needs could be met with one post.