w9 gas cluch adjustment

I am restoring a gas W9. I have installed a new clutch and pressure plate and am having a hard time getting enough release in the clutch. Do you have any ideas on adjusting this.
thanks

yes, but might have to ask what your ideas are so know where to start. no info here as to what you have done or even if even tryed to do the adjustment. basically as the clutch disc wears you need to keep giving the throw out brg. freeplay. this is done by shortening the clutch petal rod.
so when you install new parts adjustments start again. don't know what you have done so far.

I'm assuming you've adjusted the linkage to get the proper freeplay, and the clutch still will not release.

Several factors can cause this.

If the clutch will not release at all, possibly the clutch disc was installed backward, causing the damper springs to hit the top of the flywheel bolts. (This may or may not apply to your application, general information,)

If the clutch tries to release, but drags so that the gears grind, sometimes additional adjustment will help, but remember, operating it with no freeplay will over work the release bearing. It may "wear in" and can be later adjusted to the proper clearance.

Usually the dragging is caused by a defective pressure plate, or the pressure plate or disc were damaged during installation. Also the flywheel surface needs to be reasonably flat. If it is burned, surface cracked, warped, it will need to be refaced.

When assembling, the pressure plate bolts must be tightened evenly, in a criss-cross pattern to draw the plate down evenly. If not, the plate will be warped and the clutch will drag and chatter.

Also an alignment tool should be used to center the disc with the pilot bearing. If it's not centered the input shaft will misalign and the engine will not couple with the transmission. Often, people will force the two together with long bolts. This will damage the clutch disc, pilot bearing, possibly the transmission, should NEVER be done! Also, care must be taken not to let the weight of the engine hang by the input shaft. This can damage the clutch disc.

There are no easy solutions for this. If adjusting the linkage doesn't fix it, nothing to do but go back in and see what went wrong. If this is a dual disc clutch, (if applicable) there are additional adjustments in the shop manual.

I put in a new clutch and pressure plate. I adjusted the clutch pedal to about 1" to 1 1/2" of play, but it doesn't seem like I get enough push to release my clutch.