[blykins]

Yep, preloading the pressure plate would at least let you know what shape you're in.

I've only had this happen on one other setup, and it was a Superformance. It used the late model Mustang fork and pivoted on the other side, but it was the same situation, not enough travel to engage the clutch.

The owner found out that the clutch pedal had two different pivot points drilled for the master cylinder pushrod, and he just swapped points. Any chance the ERA pedal is like that?