I removed the negitive cable from the battery and the shifter would come out of park when I turned the switch. So I said to myself "Self, this has nothing to do with the cable, it's an electrical issue. Oh, and self, remember you still have wire you haven't found a home for." Self said "the logical thing here is the wire that isn't plugged in has something to do with the problem, and since you have to have the brake on, and there is no mechanical connection, if I were you I'd look around the brake pedal for a place to plug that extra wire in." After a brief discussion with self explaining to him that he is me, I agreed with him on the logical location for the missing plug. Yep, there it was, right by the brake pedal. Everything works fine now! I just have to bolt the center consol down and install the knee bar and I'm done! Well, except for the air bag light.
Also I noticed on the lower left corner of the instrument pannel next to the clock, it's showing "MFA" and underneath it a "2" . . . I don't remember ever seeing that before. Any ideas what that means?