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Just to close the loop here, I solved the problem.
It was as I expected, the shifter guide fork was for a stock shifter, not a short shifter. When you put the short shift pivot bracket in which raises the pivot point, this caused the stock guide fork to ride too high, thus compressing the springs too much, thus putting a load on the pivot pin and forcing the shifter over to the left at baseline. Whew!!
Anyhow, long story short, my local Porsche shop (I happen to live down the street from Zim's Autotechnik) had a short shift fork in stock so I took my shifter over and we compared parts. Sure enough, they are different. Bought the correct short shift guide fork for $10 and put it in and the shifter works fine. Reinstalled it and adjusted the linkage and I have all gears available. 3rd is still a bit vague to find but it was my first time adjusting the linkage so I might give that a go again later on. For now, the car is buttoned up and done!
I think a Seine gate shifter might be in my future, maybe after Christmas...
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Rick
1984 911 coupe
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