Dr. Goggles,
So in your car since you start in 2nd, you just have your shaft in the position for 2nd gear and neutral on the right lever, which coincides with being able to shift 3 and 4 as well....you start in 2nd.....hit shift rpm...bump right lever to neutral and shift left lever into third? Obviously just being careful not to accidentally bump you right lever into 2nd thereafter.....if you were to have to move your 'center lever limiting shaft'(trademark applied for) is this just done manually via a lever after you shift out of 1st?
Hans
Yeah, that's it. I do have an idea which will rotate the lock out once you pull it back from 1st when we go to second. The advantage ( for those who are thinking WTF? ) with this set up as it is is that you just shove the right lever forward , it hits the stop and you KNOW you are in neutral. then it is back for third and forward for fourth with the left lever. There is not complete agreement about this shift set-up within the Spirit of Sunshine team, but it has never been a problem for me and it takes up very little room and uses cables. A single lever will always have a "dual" function, and in our circumstances where there are extra points of movement due to the gantry on the gearbox I wanted to keep it as SIMPLE as possible.
So...sing along...
1./ leave the line, accelerate to the first shift .
2./ push the rear(right in the picture) lever forward against the stop and pull the front lever back.
3./ accelerate to the next shift point
4./ push the front lever forwards.
5./ collect record.
When we go to a numerically lower rear end we will need first gear. At this point I will make a device that twists the lock out as the rear stick is pulled back from 1st to 2nd , then it will operate as above.......no doubt there will be a storm of protest but few concrete alternatives.