parts manual diagram - the pawl that the shifter moves should be directly in line with the 2 forks when in neutral, looks like so when clean [55-59 pictured, but same as '50 inside], you likely have the arms that the trans rods attach to mal-adjusted so as to misalign the forks

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics