which shop in the cities did your work? I'm in MN too and am looking for a shop to build a motor if I don't attempt to myself when I find one at a junk yard.
I'm having an issue getting the roll pin into the clutch slave, I can't seem to get the hydraulic line in far enough to get the pin in and since it doesn't have a screw off end I can't put it in a vice like I've found others have done. Since the hydraulic line and tip appear to be all one piece...