Clutch worn or stretched cable?

A stretched cable would engage near the floor. A good cable engages about mid-way.

Check your clutch quadrant. If you still have the wonderful factory plastic quadrant, then it probably should be replaced. Don't get another plastic one, they suck. BBK and others make good adjustable ones at about $100.

This happened to me and I thought my tranny had gone out. I knew the clutch was good, so I just knew that was not the problem. Anyway, I broke down and forked out the cash for a tremec (good investment I wanted to do anyway). Found out after the swap that it wasn't the tranny, but the quadrant. Now I have the tremec I wanted to begin with. Oh yeah, I made sure the wife didn't find out. She still thinks the tranny went south.

Feel free to use this tactic at home to get a new tremec but don't blame me if your wife finds out.