Ok so I slowly jacked up the trans with the shift linkage connected. After about an inch, the shifter in neutral now sits MUCH closer to normal. I just have to get under there tomorr...
Besides the 1 miss g bolt you mentioned, there are 2 other bolts that go in that bracket, a short one in the hole inside of the hole (yes I meant to say it that way) and another longer one down low...
The beta test for the chat went well. There were a few things to iron out, but it looks like it's working quite well now.
I'm moving on to implementing PMs.