I had my Wolfy valet parked a while ago and the attendant screwed up
the reverse lock (you had  to push down before that to get it into
reverse). The plastic ball joint was all but shattered. Now I fit
another used lever and ball joint assembly, removed rear linkage and
put new boots on with lube etc. The shifting has improved vastly, but
the push down feature is still missing, I can shift into reverse
without pushing down. I obviously had to disconnect the front part of
linkage and removed the tin box. When putting it back on I couldn't
quite make sense of how it works. There is some rails and guides in
there, but maybe I reassembled, seated it wrongly?

I like having the push down feature, because that way I won't
accidently shift into reverse at a light, and cruise straight into
the car behind me. That would be a riot.

Thanks all and Happy Days to ya!

Matthias