Clutch install from hell

[97spyder maayng]

I work at a Mazda dealership and got one of the techs to install a Centerforce stage 1 clutch and Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel in for me today...bad news:
1. The pedal fell straight to the ground (wouldn't stick though), feeling very very mushy. This is a racing clutch, so i would imagine it to be stiffer than the stock clutch (still caught well though). Normal? My guess he didn't bleed the SS clutch line.
2. Whenever i shifted and the new gear was engaged, i would not only hear but feel the clutch catching and the tranny jerking. My guess he needs to tighten some bolts or he missed one. Normal?
3. My water temperature went all the way up. He told me earlier that when he lowered the tranny, the speedo sensor cracked off (at the back of the tranny, we knew this because my speedo wasn't working). Could this have been the water temp sensor? or miss rewired?

Tip of the day, Mazda doesn't know Mitsubishi...

[K_Mans_TSI]

bleed the system with fresh NEW fluid, but centerforce PP's were never all that heavy in my opinion always felt like stock

[Super4x4Duty]

1. Should be as easy as adding fresh fluid and bleeding the system.

2. Hear? What did you hear? Ask him for the pile of bolts he had left over.

3. Broken temp sending unit more than likely.

Better tip of the day: That technician sucks.

[pUtInExIm]

You also might have to adjust the clutch pedal a tad

[takumi4G63]

If it's not bled, bleed the clutch line. But I think you have another issue by the sound of it. You need to adjust the clutch pedal height. If you don't know how there's a VFAQ on it. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/njdsm2/clutch.html

By the sound of it you need to adjust it further out, so you need to turn the master cylinder rod so it moves toward the master cylinder.

To test if the pedal height is right, start the car and with the clutch pedal pushed in all the way with the car IN 1st gear, rev it up all the way. If you feel the car move at all, you still need to adjust it further out. The clutch should engage when an inch or two off the ground, not right off the ground. If it's engaging far out enough from the ground, the last test is to push on the end of the arm that goes into the slave cylinder on the tranny. You will know what it is by looking at the front of the tranny with someone pumping the clutch. Push it in by hand, if you can push it pretty easily then it is adjusted right. If it is really hard to push it in or you can't at all, then it's adjusted too far out, and you need to put it back in a little until you reach the sweet spot.