Thanks man! We're back home tonight. 2,000 miles of coastal driving in a 56 year old car. What a hoot! I'll get a look under the car by next weekend to see what 'they' did, and pull the tranny for a look at the clutch in a week or two. Something isn't letting the transmission disengage properly, and it changes form bad to worse when going from cold to hot. I think the throw out bearing may have been a causality of the two shops adjusting the pedal up. Maybe...
If you find yourself with a tape measure the same time you are looking at your Z bar, I'd be curious about the distance between the outside of the tube and the top of one of the arms.
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