MuuMuu101's 68 Dart, A Learning Process...

Sounds like the throwout bearing adjustment is wrong, clearance is set improperly. Depends on how your hydraulic set up is, but frequently those need to be shimmed to adjust clearance unless there's an issue with the master cylinder.

If it's a pressure plate bolt, you don't need to drop the transmission if you can get at the pressure plate. But with a quicktime bell I'm not sure you'll have any access to the pressure plate. I haven't installed mine yet so I'm not sure if you'll be able to see if the pressure plate bolts are there. I'm pretty sure there isn't enough access to replace a pressure plate bolt if one is missing though. If it's a flywheel bolt you'll have to drop the transmission to see anything, and you'll have to drop the clutch to replace it if one is missing