Okay, ive repositioned the cable stop. about 2/3rds of the way down the stay towards the seat tube (its about 2 inches behind the chainring. 1st gear definitely works. Second gear works too, pulling the trigger causes the indicator rod to be about 1mm past the axle. shifting in to low seems still not to do anything. even pulling the little chain on the indicator rod, i can feel no dead spot between 2nd and 3rd. is this normal? Perhaps the reduction is not as noticable as I expected and Im just not feeling it??