shift cable adjustment

[Jazic3.4]

I have a 1992 Z34 with a floor shifter. when I put my motor back in and hooked up my shift cable to the transaxle lever, all the gears were messed up. Overdrive on the shifter bacame neutral on the transaxle lever, and when I place the shifter into park, the transaxle lever was somewhere between park and reverse so the car will not start in park. The car will only start if I shift the shifter into overdrive. The shift cable seems a little bit short because it will not have enough length to push the transaxle lever into park position. It could be the way I feed the shift cable or something? I literally have to reach down, grab a hold of the transaxle lever and force it into park.

where is the best place to adjust the shift cable and how do I do it? there must be a locking tab of some type so that I can adjust the cable and lock it into position.

[napatiger]

I just made sure that the tranny and shifter were in neutral when I installed and then went through the gears to see if they shifted right before final install