Transmission linkage sucks

Taking a break from sandblasting, I thought I might hook up the transmission linkage I got from CCP. This looked very straight forward with minimal thought. Now I wished I had paid more attention in Geomerty class in High School. The brake lever didn't seem to be a problem til I hooked things up and found it in the way. Okay, we can overcome these small obsticals. With a small bend in the shifting rod, wha-la, Brake lever out of the way. Next I found with the 700r4 transmisson, you have an overdrive gear which means you need to move the shift lever one more position. It got humorous after a while as I was moving the steering column up and down, twisting it and moving the shifting rod everywhere. On the floor, In the cab, back to the floor, you get the idea. I haven't figured out (yet) how to get that last shift position. I made an extension for the column lever, rebent the shift lever a few times and now have moved on the doing some hammering and mud work on some sheetmetal. I will let my brain and the shift mechanism cool down for a while. I think it's going to rain.