[XfireZ51]

The Advance Auto slave turned out to be a cast piece altho the website illustration showed what appeared to be a DOM version. I had removed the hydraulic hose from the master in order to allow slave cylinder to drop further so I could undo hose at slave. Unfortunately, I ended up stripping threads inside master when I tried reattaching hose. Word to the wise, aligning the fitting with the female outlet of the master cylinder is a bitch without undoing hose clip on firewall and loosening master cylinder attaching bolts. I think there was an issue with the master to begin with. Al at Brakes Plus to the rescue. He had a DOM master sitting around and so we swapped the guts of his old one with mine.
Internals looked pretty good. This time I attached hose at master before bolting master to firewall. Luckily, the threads on the hydraulic hose were not damaged. Al had given me a spare fitting and double flare tool set if I needed to replace male fitting. Now I'm ready to attach rod to clutch pedal and start buttoning things up followed by bleeding system. Should be on the road later today. We'll see if that addresses the low pedal engagement issue I was having. I hope to "fix" my exhaust constriction next and then should be ready for trip to BG. Thanks Al and =Jeff=.