Well the tow truck just carted my poor rocco away .. I checked out everything between the pedal and the release bearing, everything's in order and adjusted correctly, and the shift linkage is fine, so .. time to sit and wait for that phone call .. damn, I hate not being able to fix something myself. Thanks to Julie, Allyn, TBerk, Drew, Alan for valuable tips. This list ROCKS. Leo 84 Wolfsburg 8v