quote:The gear lever was forward and a little to the right in the selector gate, so I loosened one of the universal knuckle joint bolts and slid the lever on the splines to the centre of the gate, re tightened and tried forward and reverse several times with the engine running, all seemed OK
I suspect that your adjustment has caused your problem. The shifter shaft is now unable to rotate counter-clockwise adequately. You may try removing the shift gate as it will allow the laver to swing further left increasing counter-clockwise rotation.