Thank you for the info. I did exactly what you said. Had to attack it from both sides but I injected some WD-40 in the cable, and also sprayed all around the shift linkage on both the outside (under the battery cover.) And also sprayed and injected it inside the under the center console. Everything is working beautifully now. Not sure if this did it or not but the shifting is much easier. Also it is now properly shifting thru the gears when in 'D'.....not sure if this fixed it or not.
I also changed the tranny filter and fluid tonight, as all the other work was done two nights ago.
Looks like I am going to back on the road pretty soon. Just have to replace a rear wheel bearing, bleed some brakes, and finally replace the mirror on the drivers side mirror.
Thanks again for all the help.