I have a question about the shifter on my 2003 XB 21 2+2. it is the automotive style shifter and I am having trouble hooking up my shift cable for my 2000 225 Johnson, I bought the new cable retainer from Allison for an OMC but when I put the shifter back in it hits the bottom of the compartment. It had a Mercury shift cable that fed from the front to the rear, my OMC needs to feed from the rear to the front, if I put the shifter back in with the cable comming from the front I will have to pull the shifter backwards to shift it into forward. I might be doing something wrong and if so please let me know..

Thanks, JIM