Hi Guys, im a mate of DRFTD's and ive had a couple of goes at fixing his beast.
The adjustment at the pedal is maxed out, ie he is getting as much travel out of the pedal as possible because the attachment on the master cylinder pushrod is all the way out.
Ive bled the clutch with him numerous times, the one thing I HAVE noticed is that the fluid coming out of the slave cylinder is darker than the fluid in the master cylinder. Ive put this down to being a dirty slave or master cylinder. This was actually what i was going to suggest to DRFTD next, a full removal of the entire hydraulic clutch system and a thorough cleaning of everything. Its possible there could be 15 years of shit in there that just doesnt wanna go away via bleeding it.
In regards to the box 'crunching', a quick dump of the clutch at stand still sometimes results in a harsh grinding noise, almost as if the box is popping out of gear from the stress and because the lever is still in gear, pushing the mesh together and grinding them up.
Changing gear consists of DRFTD clutching in, pushing the gear lever into the gear he wants, and waiting for it to slot in.. This suggests to me syncros, or a clutch thats not disengaging 100%... im leaning towards the clutch because of what ive said above, and the while turning the car off business (zero input shaft speed).
So you guys think I am on the right track?