I am in the process of transplanting a EFI 302 with a tremec 3550 from a mustang into my 71 pickup. Im facing all the usual problems associated with a swap. I now have the engine wired and running, however, it is on jack stands and does not have a drive shaft yet. I modded the clutch cable from the mustang and It seems to work good but it is tight. To install it I had to engage the fork about 1/4 inch., which I thought was not too much to disingage the clutch.
Heres my question: With the engine running I can shift into all the gears without pressing the clutch cable. Is my cable too tight or is this normal when the engine and trans are not hooked up to the rear end? Is the lack of resistance form the rear end due to not have the driveshaft allow the gears to be engaged without a clutch?
As Ive written, the cable is tight but I was told that the bearing was designed to ride on the fingers and thus the cable needs to be alittle tight.

mike