[sharkx]

I can probably help. I've been down this road myself.

You have an SN95 style fork. As you noted, this fork is way to wide for the bellhousing and it won't fit the TOB very well. If you machine it, it will fail.

What you really need is an older Fox style fork. The Fox fork is narrower by design and will fit the quicktime bellhousing perfectly.

The Fox fork does have an issue though. It's too short by about 1.5 inches. Fortes parts sells bolt on extensions to increase the length of the fork.

I'm using a mechanical linkage myself. But if I were use a hydraulic TOB again, I'll use an external slave. I will never use an internal hydraulic TOB again. If you find you have a defective internal hydraulic TOB, you get to pull the engine and tranny. If you have a defective external slave, you replace it.

Sharkx