my new clutch slips!

[tubman]

WOW! That's surprising (and disappointing). From reading your post, they did take it back, which is encouraging.

I hope this is a one-time occurrence, I'd hate to see another usually good vendor start having problems.

I hope you feel better soon. When you do, I would like to see more information on that cap girdle; initially, does the pan need to be extensively modified?