[Mike Taylor 3601]

Joe and Mark,
Shifting face plated trans without clutch just requires yanking the crap out of it,once you pull it out of the gear it's in, it falls in the next, My brother ran his Jerico for 5 seasons racing every weekend and shifted it clutchless 4 1/2 of them before he had to replace a slider and ring or 2.
As far as clutch goes you can lower pressure when not using clutch to shift.
I have shifted a few gears without clutch in a pro shifted trans by accident.
As soon as I have a face plated trans I most likely will shift without the clutch.
Mike Taylor 3601