Shifter will not shift into park?

Hi Joe!

First off, thank you so much for getting back to me!

Here's a brief synopsis of my gear indicator: The indicator appeared to show what gear I was in when I first noticed the problem, the entire time I was tinkering with it and trying to figure out what was wrong, it would shift properly into every gear except Park. There was a brief moment where no matter what gear I was in, it would just go in reverse. However, when I jimmied it a little bit everything started working fine again. As of right now, it is hard to tell. Before, I was able to put the car into neutral and start my car, but that isn't working anymore. So, I suppose it is likely that it's not working at all anymore and I need to adjust the cable like you said.

Sorry if that was confusing, I'm not a mechanic so I figured I should be as detailed as possible.

As for these diagrams, I think the difficulty I'm having is with a lot of the vocabulary. I'm assuming by the context of the instructions that the gear eyelet on the "transmission shift lever" is referring to the connection between the cable and the shifter. But I am not sure what the propeller shaft is, or why I would have to raise the vehicle to get to that part, so I'm also assuming it's under the car.

Finally, when it comes to tightening the adjustment screw on the shift cable to 7Nm, I'm not sure how to do that accurately, but I'll do some research.

I will keep googling and YouTubing these questions, this has definitely brought me a lot closer to knowing what to do, so I appreciate your time.

Below are some diagrams and instructions that my mom sent me from her shop computer that I was also confused with. These might be more so for replacing the cable rather than adjusting it.

Again, thank you!
Gabrielle