Manual Transmission - Clutch won't bleed, almost no pedal resistance

I'm just putting my motor back in, and I'm hung up with getting the slave back in the tranny. At first, I slid the clutch fork in, but apparently not all the way, so once the slave was bolted in, I pressed the clutch, and it was extremely stiff. I took it apart again, and the fork was sort of lodged in the little casing area. I pulled it back out, and used a screwdriver to pry the clutch fork back into place, it's good and solid in there now.

Now, I had the slave cylinder out of the tranny, and my buddy (like an idiot) hops in the car and depresses the clutch pedal. The rubber boot and everything slid off that little rod in the slave, and fluid started leaking out. I put it back together, as best as I could, bolted it back to the tranny, and now its likes theres a bunch of air in the lines.

I read that this is a "self bleeding" system, so I figured I'd just try and pump the crap out of the pedal for a while. 12 minutes later, my legs couldn't move, so I gave up.

The fluid level in the resevoir doesn't even drop. I pulled the line off the back of the slave cylinder, and fluid started pouring out again. Does anyone have any idea what the hell I did/am doing wrong?

See if your slave has a hex key fitting on it.
You need to bleed the system out. It will never get a pedal until you do.

Is it the LS1 style trannys that have a bleeder screw only? I read a FAQ that showed where it was, but I cannot for the life of me find it.

I also tried manually compressing the slave cylinder, holding for a little while, then releasing about 10 times, someone had told me that it would force air pockets upwards, through the master cylinder, and out of the resevoir. It actually helped a little, there is a tiny bit of resistance for the last 1/3 of the pedal swing..

Anything else I can try?

Look at this then it should help;
http://www.performanceworks1.com/ls1_clutch_bleeding.htm

Yeah I have, but I figured I'd try to do it by compressing the slave instead, since it was already off the car. I just wanted to avoid spending any unnecessary money, if I could bleed it another way, even if it was more of pain in the ass.

I'm starting to think my slave is possibly shot.

That will be your only option to get the air out. Either that or get another slave that has the bleeder provision on it.