Considering I looked at the release bearing and the fork and the pressure plate today with a bore scope and the PO had a longer push rod in the slave and the PO supplied this push rod I figured that it would be a good idea to check because he also owned a sprite that had 3 differnet push rods over the years. Also considering that the wiring harness looks like a three year old has been playing in the scrap bin and the pinion nut was only on hand tight, I thought it would be a good idea to ask a question before I spent the time pulling out a transmission that did not have a problem in the first place.