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thanks for the help. i plan to get under there to see if wiggling the drive shaft a bit while my wife tries to more the level might help. just incase it is stuck in park by the parking arm in the trans. i will also look at the linkage, might need to be lubed a bit.

so, what you are saying is the linkage can align itself in a straight line causing the bind because the the joints are locked like an elbow.

Exactly. They changed the index point on the transmission lever and length of rod to ensure the transmission lever was at slight angle when in park, otherwise rod and lever could drop into a straight line and couldn't go anywhere. If that is OK, then there were issues with the early pawl in transmission getting stuck in the parking gear. As mentioned, several items are covered in service info.