well had a MASSIVE stroke of luck today.
looking back and reading kizza & mickas's's reply, "check the extension linkage for play"
i checked it a second time (was able to have a better look this time because the engine was cold [:x)] )
saw nothing,
so i thought maybe if i whack a shim spacer type thingo in between the pedal and shaft, it would start pedal feel earlier. (mine did nothing till about a third the way down)
so a look at the pedal made me notice, the shaft that holds the bar in, was there, but the shaft wasn't connected???
f*ck knows why this was apart.
so i pulled out the bar and split pin, put the shaft in properly, reassembled, and hizaaa! brake pedal feels mint now! heaps of resistance! so stoked with this.
its impossible for the inspector to not count "spongey pedal" as done.
so now its going back to hastings Saturday for an exhaust. then thats everything.
this took me a bit of time, due to money so i hope he doesnt do another full thorough check and find something else.