Ok, I pulled the transmission and removed the clutch and pressure plate. Here's the old one:
The new one:
The clutch discs were nearly identical, both read about .328" thick. I reinstalled everything and the new pressure plate is night and day difference, I figure the old pressure plate has had a couple clutch discs in it's past. But now my new HD pressure plate is more than my home made bracket can handle, it was missing so I made one out of 1/8" flat stock, it flexes like crazy when I press the clutch. Oh well now I need to find one of these:
Oh well back to hunting parts.