[DanEC]

I don't believe there is any problem caused by bottoming out the slave cylinder piston. That was basically how I adjusted mine. Bottomed it out with the bearing touching the clutch fingers. Then backed off a couple turns of the rod to allow a mimimal amount of bearing clearance to the clutch fingers. I don't like a lot of free play at the top since the pedal throw is somewhat long in these cars. I'm running a spring also.

These stories about new Fords running zero-clearance throw out bearing with constant light pressure on the clutch fingers just don't compute in my 63 year old brain. I don't feel like being a test subject for them.