So I recently bought myself a 2009 cobalt ss tc and I’m honestly pretty new to standard transmissions but to my knowledge I had thought 5th gear was over top of reverse (correct me if I’m wrong) but if someone could sketch up or just explain to me where every gear is stock on my car that would be awesome!

 

1st 3rd 5th



2nd 4th Reverse(Pull up)

 

so is reverse more to the right than 5th or right under 5th

 

Directly under, but as AfterShok said, it has a locking ring to engage reverse so you have to pull up to put it into reverse.
If you're just learning manual, I would suggest NOT using a turbo powered car to learn under. Get a beater for that.

 

Stock shift knob, for reference:

 

Alright thanks mine is 1-3 -5
__________________2-4-—R

so I was just wondering considering I’ve never driven or seen one like it. Aswell as it doesn’t have a ring to pull up for reverse so I have no clue what was done if someone knows what could have been done to it let me know.

 

Reverse ring not engaged.

Reverse ring engaged. You pull up.

 

If the car was swapped to an F23 transmission, you won't have a reverse lock-out anymore (I doubt this is the case, but anything is possible). The lock-out can be deleted from the F35 shifter, but it's a little bit of a hassle that most people find not to be worth it.

 

God my shifter boot is trash.

 

It is. I was laughing at that earlier. Mine is worse in that the entire thing is crumbling like an old cookie. I purposefully didn't reinstall it after the STS install so that its particles didn't contaminate my fresh grease.

 

Yea mine doesn’t have that ring the shift knob isn’t stock either so I was just wondering why my shift pattern was a bit different and possible reasons that it is

 

Lol I finally got a new one but mine looked like yours!

 

Post a picture. Pull your cupholders out, as well (pull up on the back portion, should pop right out)... and take a picture of the shifter cables connection to the black shifter base.