Ok, that's good to hear. That means it's likely a linkage, hydraulics or pedal box issue. I know for a fact the pedal box is slop-city so that sounds like the place to start.
Where's the challenge in buying the correct parts when I could use the free parts and spend months making them work?
In truth I didn't think there would be this many small discrepancies between the 4-spds. It's just been a rabbit hole of loss eversion. After driving the car around yesterday I'm confident this transmission is in good shape and that it's highlighting other issues mentioned above.
I'm not planning to sell this car. It's a "bringing it back from the grave" type of build and after going through all this work I plan to keep it for a very long time. I'm sure in that time period it'll eventually get a 5spd and a slew of other upgrades. Most of which will not be for entertainment value not resale value. One thing at a time...