The sr20 cable includes a spacer for the firewall side not the for the side on the tranny. Are you recommending for me to put one on the tranny side? it doesn't include one by standard however I do have a washer which has been modified to fit that side. I can try that, If the cable's not tight enough then i'm not able to get it into gear so by doing it pretty tight from the underside of the hood works however normally when I do it that way it does reach pretty much the end of the threads on the cable itself for the locking nut.