So I got my new to me shifter from a member on here and I'm having no problems what so ever getting down to it until its where it is now. I removed all the necessary bolts and even took off the damn center console to give me some more room to move but it didn't help. My question is to those who either waited to put a short throw on or who like me got my car used without it, how in the world should I go about seperating the (what I assume to be) gasket from the stock shifter to the tranny? I tried some minor tugging and then a screwdriver with a bent tip but none of that seemed to do anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated!