So this Duster project that I'm working on came with a Cheetah shifter with a 5 foot long cable that wraps around under the floor like a big snake. I pulled everything apart and it seems to me that I do not need that long cable. I can make a rod that connects the transmission to the shifter and just shift it that way. Or I could buy a short cable and run it in a straight line from the shifter to the trans.

Anyone do this before and have pictures? Seems to me that a nice straight connection is a much better design than having a big long cable coiled up in a circle laying on top of the transmission.