Overdrive not an option

Ford Escape 2005 XLT V6 3.0  209000 miles
I wanted to change out my shifter know bc mine was broken and crackled. When I bought the new one I was unaware that I bought one that fit a manual shifter as mine was an automatic with overdrive button. Instead of putting it back together that night I threw all the pieces in a box and drove. The overdrive cable that connects to the shifter kept coming off. I took my truck to a transmission shop requesting that they check it by it wouldn't shift: and after having it a week and still not even lifted the hood I got it out of the shop with the same issue still but they re hooked my overdrive cable backwards and now my key won't come out of the ignition unless I take the battery cable off to get the key out. Could this be the reason as to why my transmission won't go into overdrive? Is it why my key is stuck in the ignition? Should I flip the overdrive cable around?
Jenn from United States 2 years ago  
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