Dads Dominator Resurrection

Check out the photograph below.  A spanner on the bolt head indicated should enable the gears to be selected.  This may also work on the more central bolt head alongside. Both will move the selector plate within the box and possibly allow neutral to be found.

Naff gear selection, on these boxes, can be caused by poor assembly or broken selector springs.
The additional photograph files show the two spring to check for cracks or poor shape.
For assembly advice please refer to Mick Hemmings articles/DVD or Haynes.

Hi Neil.
There is a wealth of support and assistance available within the very active NOC Essex Branch. The new secretary, who lives near Colchester, can be contacted by email: essexnoc@yahoo.com or 07969 741413
 

Maybe a silly question, but is it a linkage, or a reversed lever?  could you just be looking for neutral in the wrong position?

Could it be just a dragging clutch? . This item suffers much abuse and is rarely set up well . Commonly I find a mixture of parts from different era's , buckled plates, wrong springs ,too many plates, wrong thickness  etc . if it does not spin freely then it needs work.

Hello Neil,

I would look at the Gearchange rachet spring tension. It is important that this is set up so there is a small movement of the gear selector pawl between the spring. You can look on utube to see how to set the tension.
I hope this helps.

Regards
Ged Thompson

Phils foto and script  could be used to determine that the internals ,cam plate ,selectors are working and pinpoint the issue ,probably the pawl or its neighbours in the outer cover.