And i'm not done yet.
First off if you're going to do this, prepare to suffer.
I started by removing the center console. You have to remove the shifter boot by poping off the surrounding bezel, It just pops off when you pull up on it. Then, disconnect the seat heater buttons and traction control button, If you can't figure out how to disconnect them you shouldn't be trying to do this job. After you pop the bezel off the stick shift you can remove the boot by pushing forward on the leater from under the plastic on the back. You must pull the ebrake hard to get the center console off.
The center console has Two screws under the cupholder, and you must remove the plastic between the cupholders to get the the three nuts that hold the back of the console down. Here is a pic of the cup holder. there is a plastic slot on the back and the front has a thing that you just have to pull up to remove. And don't forget to remove the cigarette lighter plug.
Next, remove the rear floor heater vent. it has two flat nut things holding it on the back and some wires stuck to it. I was disapointed how it didn't seem to be attatched to the front very well. There was a strange foam piece shoved it there, I dont know why.
the next peice has a screw on each side and two plastic rivets on the bottom, you also have to push it forward and down to get it unhooked from the top part, and then pull the get the piece off, because there is a push lock thing there.
next there is a heater box thing in the way, it just takes 4 screws and a few tabs to get this to come into 2 peices and come off
Laugh iff you want, I'm not a mechanic. I don't know what the proper or mechanics way of doing this is but I didn't want to pull anymore crap out so I got my knife. I cut the little strap of carpet and a T shape cut in the black rubber stuff under the carpet. This made it much easier to get at the bolts. Two 10 mm nuts, yes metric on a ford?
Now for under the car. Jack it up, and use a jackstand. and wear safety glasses, I always don't and i get crap in my eyes. Remove the strrange nuts that hold the heat shield on near the exhaust flexpipe. I removed 4 of them to make do drop as much as i could.
You also must remove the airbox to disconnect the cables from the tranny. remove the air cleaner by removing 4 screws and to get the bottom of the box out you just have tou pull up, hard.
pull that heatshield down,unhook the cables from a bracket behind the heatsheild and try to get your cables out. It would have helped me alot if I had an extra set of hands to help on one end while i was on the other. Took way too much time trying to get the cables back in because I had to get under my car and back up alot.
When all was said and done I used a torch to heat up an awl and used zip ties to keep the cut material together, and I put tape on it as well.
after it is all back together you have to put the shifter in a spot where you think it will be in neutral and lock it in place. I was lucky enough to get it right the first time. Just do one axis at a time.
Typing is the easy part, doing it is a PITA. getting them back in is even more fun.. I probably missed something in there....Goood luck
