thanks for all of the replies!!! let me give you guys some recent history. about a month ago the master cylinder leaked inside the firewall, so i replaced both the slave and master cylinder. the truck shifting has been sloppy in past couple months. also the shifter isnt actually in neutral either... its jammed just not in a gear. (kind of in like the third gear area) i can only wobble it around with the slack in the bushing, not across the gear selection like nuetral usualy does. also if it was a problem with the clutch disc or preasure plate i should be able to shift it when the truck is not running.(wich i cant) i know my dads ford np435 jammed in third and wouldn't move,(the shifter not the truck) i pulled the top loader cover, re-aligned all of the shifting forks and he has been driving for over 3 months since then.