[midgetracer]

I had a similar issue with one of my model a's and found that the nuts on the pressure plate fingers had not been locked in properly and some had come loose quite a distance. This made it impossible to get freeplay and the clutch disengaged with the pedal stroke. After properly adjusting these nuts and locking them in place, everything worked fantastic. maybe worth looking through the inspection plate and looking to see that the nuts are all about the same adjustment.