So after re-reviweing the FSM, as pictured below in looks like there is a certain type of "notch" that is to contact the guide plate, and I specifically remember following the necessary sequence of tightening guide plate bolts, from the diagram if that notch, was affixed to line up with the guide plate, it would be impossible for the shifter to be in wrong... so Im confused why my shifter ends up backwards every single time...