Thank you for that.
Soooo unfortunately, Valeo decided to stop selling the Clutch Service Kit for the flywheel conversion kit that's installed, so I had to buy a whole new kit, including the flywheel I don't need. No idea what I'm going to do with that. Maybe dress up as Flavor Flave for Halloween and put it on a chain? Also, apparently the clutch alignment tool that comes with the kit isn't worth the plastic it's made out of. After I mated up the new clutch, I spent several hours wrestling with the transmission trying to get it in but it absolutely would not go. As my flashlight started to die I finally gave up and yanked it back out and checked the alignment with a pair of calipers and, wouldn't you know it, not centered.
The next day I recentered it with the calipers, within about half a mil. I was too tired from the day before to bench press the transmission up in there again so I had to figure out a janky method of lashing the transmission to my floor jack while it teetered on top of a couple spacer blocks. It was full butt pucker, but it worked and the transmission slid back into its home. Today I got the crossmember back in, starter reinstalled and the rest of the bolts in all the way around the transmission. I did have to chase the threads on one of the starter bolt holes with a tap, and that is a very tight fit when you really don't want to pull the thing out of the engine bay. Apparently I got the wrong speed bleeder for the new slave cylinder I bought (along with braided stainless line), but hopefully the right one is one the way now.
So that's where I'm at now. Need to torque a bunch of bolts (that I cannot find actual torque specs for yet), reinstall the slave cylinder, driveshaft, heat shield, and exhaust, and I might be about done. Light at the end of the tunnel... this very long and expensive tunnel.
EDIT: Think I found the torque specs, or close enough:
@GazHyde @Faheem showed me how to zip and upload this excel file which may be of some use to other forum members.. He suggested a sticky thread (???) and I understand that is something you have to do. (if you think worthwhile) Anyway, hope others find it useful. NB All the info has been...
zroadster.org
Eventually my FIL will send me the Bentleys book he forgot to send with the car. That'll probably be nice.
