okay here is the obligatory picture
Yes the sound pad was shot I have pulled the rest off but the glue still makes it look bad. As Glenn states though all the little parts are really adding up on my project list. As I hit vaccum lines, gas lines and oil lines that are either bad or starting to look bad. I have decided that since I have always loved listening to the high revs the sound pad money will have to go elsewhere. I am not even going to look at the clutch. It was working fine so it will stay as is. Dropping the engine is suprisingly easy so if I have to go back in it is no big deal. I hope it goes back in as easy. Tomorrow I will pull the valve covers, install turbo valve covers,check for any broken studs(leakdown is a max of 5%) so I hope I am good and try and set the valves with the backside method called out in the tech section. It will save me buying the offset feeler guages.