Okay, I'm dumb. I replaced the shift boots but apparently did something wrong replacing the lever and now it shifts but doesn't feel right. Getting into fourth is harder than it should be and it's sloppy in fifth, etc.
Could I have bent something? Is there some secret to reseating the lever?. Everything's under a lot of fluid and difficult to see. The enthusiast's manual doesn't seem to have a good schematic so I'll be taking it back apart and feeling around.
One thing, the plastic seat for the ball of the shift lever didn't come out the second time I pulled it. It's down there but maybe it needs to be reoriented? Admittedly I'm guessing here.
Any advice or pointers to good pictures or schematics would be appreciated.
93 Miata
JJ