Dear Amarin,

Hope you're well. Thank you for the detailed, illustrated guidance. There's no "slop" in the shifter. That, though, does not rule out a slight loosening of the nuts on the shifter linkage, which loosening might allow enough movement that put the shift-lock mechanism "out-of-adjustment". I'll check that.

I thought a micro-switch malfunction a more likely source of the failure to crank. As, though replacing the micro-switch is time-consuming, I'll inspect the linkage, to see if that's the source of the "no start" problem.

Thanks again for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Spook