update: after towing it to a shop (free) to have it bled, they called me to tell me they couldn't do it either (therefore, no charge). They said they couldn't get any air out despite a good strong flow.

So I got to thinking...

Then I had one of those A-HA moments. I realized that the pedal is not soggy like one would expect with air in the line. It's nothing up top, then decently firm down low and comes back half way on its own. At first I remembered the 2 pushrod sizes for the master cylinder and thought I might have the wrong one but that checked out. Then I realized that when I put the pedal box together I totally cheated on the eccentric adjuster because I didn't have one and just blew it off. Left it out. Nothing there but an M8 bolt! Of course too much play there. Well, I still don't have that eccentric bolt because no dealer has it in my area--I called. So, I fabricated an eccentric sleeve by drilling out one of the 6mm spacer sleeves that is used in holding up the auto trans fluid lines to the oil pan. I hope it works--won't know until Monday because my car is locked up in the shop I brought it to, but I am pretty optimistic that it will. But I think reappropriating ATF line spacers to work as a clutch adjuster eccentric would be a really fitting and poetic end to a manual conversion project.

Anybody think this won't work? The "eccentricity" of my fabbed piece isn't quite as extreme as the original part I saw a picture of. Or if anyone has an extra one they wouldn't mind parting with, let me know.

Thanks,
KenB
1980 300TD, too much clutch pedal play, not enough throw to make the magic happen in the bellhousing