Well, I managed to hook up the transmission to the hydraulic lines without bolting it up to the motor and had my dad work the clutch while I push on the TOB with my hand to see if it pushed back (after bleeding the lines). It did push a little, but not as hard as I would expect it to. I kinda thought that it might be because the engine wasn't cranked and maybe the system built pressure with the engine on? So, I finished bolting everything else back up (including the tranny) and cranked the motor. Same problem as before. Getting really tired of dealing with this so unless someone can provide some seriously helpful insight that would warrant me pulling the tranny again, I'll be blowing all my christmas money on this piece of crap going into a shop.

 

Sounds like you didn't bleed all the air out. But I guess you may have figured it out by now