Chevy!

Just back from Esther's wedding and have forgotten whether yours

is a 140 or a 164. If yours has a ball on the end of the cable and

you can get to it, one thing you can do is press a piece of split

tubing around the cable between the fork and the ball. You can also

rearrange the nuts so both are on the same side and pull the clutch

a little further. You may also be able to do this at the upper end

of the cable too.

It sounds like you may have the wrong kind of throwout bearing.

On my 164 a number of years back I had the same symptoms (pardon me

if I am being redundant). It has a throwout shaft operated by a lever

and the fork mounts to the shaft inside the bellhousing. The lever

was welded to the shaft and eventually fractured, yielding through

about a 30 degree arc first. Really buffaloed me because I had adjusted

on almost a daily basis and about every time I stepped on the clutch

it gave some more. Fortunately I had another arm/shaft assy which I

put in when I pulled the tranny. Part of this problem was due to using

a Chevrolet V8 clutch that just happened to bolt up to my B30 flywheel.

It was a LOT stiffer than the F/S diaphragm clutch, not to mention about

an inch thicker too, requiring LOTS of mods to install without interference

with things inside the bellhousing. I'm back to standard now.

Best wishes on getting the thing straightened out!