Postwar Lionel 334 Dispatch board help (again)

At least this shows it doesn't hook where you have it. There must be a tab somewhere on the other side of the steel panel. My unit is mint so I do not want to remove the man in order to disassemble. The way the string is attached to the spring in your photo doesn't look like a factory job.

Thank you. I will look at mine again to see if I can find another attachment point.

Thanks again. Once I had confirmation that mine was wrong, It didn't take long to find the correct attachment point. When I first moved the line, the unit would not work.
I unwrapped the line, and rewrapped it around the pulley. The second time it worked. I think I had the string crossing over itself the first time.
Pictures are below.

You're welcome. Spring looks a lot less stretched too IMO.

One more question:  my postwar 334 dispatch board is missing it's original figure. According to the service manual, it uses a unique figure, #334-81, which does not appear to be available. I found some good pictures on EBay. It appears to be similar to some other Lionel figures, but it has a piece molded between the legs which must accept the accessory's mounting post.

Any thoughts on what can be substituted?

If I had to put a man there and didn't need to keep originality I would find a way to mount the gate man figure from a 145. Both figures are over large for their places. Maybe take the lantern off the end of his arm and paint the little pin white so it looked like a piece of chalk. The swinging arm could be glued in a raised position as if he were going to write.

Pretty sure the figure used on the MTH version can be used.  I have a few of them.  Just pay postage.