Brake pedal adjustment on 63

[JDs1963]

OK guys I have a 63 c10, just replaced all shoes hardware drum and lines and wheel cylinders. Everything has been bled,checked for leaks and adjusted. My brake pedal isn't getting hard until about 2-3inches from the floor...which is too low. Went to adjust pedal travel on the adjusting rod that goes from pedal to master cylinder and found that the rod was already adjusted all the way out. The rod appears to be factory, I removed the rod and found that with the rod making contact with the master cylinder there is about a half inch cap between the end of the rod and the sleeve that it screws into. So I have atleast a half inch of rod travel in the pedal before it is ever making contact with the master cylinder...and that would be if it was only screwed into the first thread! I don't know if PO may have changed the rod for some reason but it looks like the correct one...but I don't see having that much of a gap between connecting sleeve-rod-and master cylinder being correct. Truck has 4wheel drums with factory round top master cylinder. What's your opinion on this guys? Thanks
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