Yahoo!
Finding neutral in the gears and the shifter forks leads to moving things on down the road.
As you mentioned your shifter mechanism was somewhat rusty/crusty, you most likely do have some serious crud to clean out. I'm pretty sure that there have been recent discussions about how to give your transmission an internal bath and then refill with fresh oil to get things running smoother.
Maybe another Bolter can chime in with suggestions/guidance on that topic???
