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It has occurred to me that many of you may be thinking that I am a bit slow and you would be right, but at 77 I think that is acceptable, just a thought, Rick

Back in and jack moved to the rear in order to remove the mountings for inspection, Rick

Box ready to go back with RTV to seal, it slid in with no problems, I do like the transmission jack and it will come in handy for adding air springs to the rear axle a bit later on

Flywheel and clutch on, lined up by finger feel comparing centre plate to pressure plate diameters

Assembled including new thrust bearing and lever boot

New seal in box cover plate

Back plate re fitted, notice the temporary bolts to pull it back, this was because the rubber gasket/seal around the rear main seal housing was slightly damaged so applied some RTV to seal it

Box front plate off to fit new seal

New rear main seal fitted

Mud that was hiding on the splash plate at the front, more tomorrow, Rick

Old clutch, just touching the rivets, Nissan original 175K so had my moneys worth out of it

Flywheel and back plate off ready for a clean up and seal replacement

The box in all its glory all 250Kg of it

Bit tight, did remove the clutch but decided as the balance was good to lower and move it out of the way

As far back as it will go

I was working on my own so not taking any chances in case the balance was wrong put a good strap across to arrest it should it tip forward

Plenty of clearance not like the Y61

Sits nicely on the jack

Yes when mine go back they will be a lot shorter and well greased up. Better day today, just cracked open and testing the balance

Update Just an update on this thread, the 3 uses a VP pump, whilst very similar to the VE it has a slight difference in that it does not vary the amount of fuel pumped per stroke as does the VE, instead it uses an electric device similar to common rail injectors, which will gum up as soon as...