Thanks for the help guys. I'll go out to "the office" tomorrow and crawl under the hood and check out the linkage and bushings. Maybe the rods can be adjusted up or down inside the sleeves and locked into new positions to make 2nd gear engage sooner in the throw.

Thanks again,

Spot

Chuck
1950 Chevy 1/2 ton (all original)
1951 Chevy 1/2 ton (future streetrod)
1941 Chevy coupe
1938 Chevy coupe streetrod