It is very important to mark the 2 parts FIRST so you can:

1. tell how far and which way you move it
2. put it back where it was if you make it worse

It takes very little adjustment to make a huge difference at this
coupler joint. The splines are only there to add friction to the clamped
area as only the inner part has splines. This means you cam move it less
than a spline. Less than a spline is plenty in my experience.

It sounds like you did not tighten it enough after the adjustment and
the adjustment changed when you tried to shift. Either that or you went
the wrong way.

Clamp 2 pairs of vise grips onto it, one on each side of the joint. If
you do this tightly and with both pointing the dame way you can use them
to judge how much and which way you move it. Then experiment and see if
you can improve things. Always fully tighten the clamp after an
adjustment though it is tempting not to.

Mark

Dan Barrett wrote:
>
> Folks,
> Prior to this morning, my bus would only shift into first if I pushed down as
> if to defeat the reverse lockout.  From the archives, I found suggestions to
> "rotate the linkage clockwise one notch" at the mid-van connecting point.
> So, I've loosened the clamp at the middle of the linkage, but now no matter
> how I clamp things back together, the bus only shifts into third or fourth.
> No reverse, no first or second.
> Where am I going wrong?  How can I "rotate the linkage"?  The frontmost
> section of the linkage doesn't appear to rotate at all.
>
> Best,
> d.