Donor mule

Skipped out early today to run down to Amigos for a clutch pedal push rod for the original Mule after snapping the old one on a particularly cold day this winter. I welded the old rod back together, but haven't been able to get rid of a weird spongyness ever since. I was hoping the donor I pulled the tranny from last summer would still have the push rod. Sure enough it was still hangin there, but after installing it in my '63 I've still got a strange resistance when pushin the clutch in. A disturbing realization that the problem may reside in the brackets within the Mule. Grrr. The hunt continues.