Thanks. I did find a spring in the book but couldn't on the pedal. But
that makes sense that it is in the dash; that's why I couldn't find it.

Also, strange as this sounds with the rod simply put back into the
firewall the vehicle is running again. It shifts hard. So I guess I need
to see if I can replace the spring before attempting to replace the
shifter, etc. Everyone so far is telling me that the transmission is
gone. How can that be when I am driving the vehicle??