Get you a ratchet and an extension with the socket on it. On mine, there is the main shifter boot, then a small little rubber boot that goes directly over where the shifter bolts into the transmission. Pull that up and you should see the bolts holding it in.

Here is the reason I pull the fill plug. I pull it because I have seen discrepencies from manual to manual on how much it takes. Just call it being cautious so that I get the right amount in there ... not too much, not too little. For me, I got a long handle wrench (not ratchet and socket) and put it on there.

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