Now its the transmission

[LOsoccer@aol.com]

I'm down to the last parts of assembly.   I tried to put the shift lever in the 
transmission, It is either incredibly hard to install or the guy who rebuilt my 
transmission didn't get it right.  Is there a trick in installing the lever.  I 
think I may have put it into the hole in the shifter shaft but it only would go 
front to rear of the car not side ways.  There was no neutral position.  I hope 
I don't have to take the tranny out to fix it.  Help