Here's brief photographic documentation on my clutch job. As of this posting, I have gotten the old rubber center clutch out and am awaiting new parts before reassembly.
We'll start with getting the car in... here she is, backed into the workshop, fresh after my 'last' drive..
Time to get it up on stands. I put them under the metal pucks at the front and the torsion tube carriers in the rear.
First step after disconnecting the battery is to drop the exhaust. This necessitates removing six bolts at the triangle shaped flanges at the primary header. Those flanges are just out of view of this pic. The bolts will most likely be rusted tight. I broke 3 free with an impact, and ground 3 off with a cutoff wheel pnuematic tool. Be prepared to spend a lot of time and get very frustrated here. It took me about an hour to grind the bolts off.
Then its to the rear of the car. The halfshafts need to be dropped. This required an 8mm 'cheesehead' tool, or 12 point internal socket. Remember to 'wake up' the bolts before busting them loose. Mine all came out easily. I reccomend putting the parking brake on, taking three inner and three outer bolts loose, then taking the brake off, rotating the wheel 190 degrees, setting the brake, and continue with the rest. Note my halfshafts have the paint chipping off them. They will be getting replaced with a newer set that I have and this set will get rebuilt later.
Now that those are out, it's time to start getting the transaxle down. Taking off the rubber cover on the bottom side of the trans, you will see the coupler inside. There are two allen head bolts that must be completely removed (not just loose) for the coupler to slide back. You will need someone to push in the clutch pedal while you rotate the shaft around to where you can access the bolt heads. After you get them out, slide the couple back towards the tranny. It should slide easily. Be sure to do this step before loosening any of the trans mount bolts.
Now you will also want to disconnect the reverse sensor wires. The shifter is next. In the car carefully remove the shift boot. There is just a small clip that holds the shifter on. After it's off, on the linkage there is a C-clip that holds the shift linkage to the shift lever. Remove this and slide the tube over. Remove the nasty insulation under the shifter. Then, back at the trans, take the single bolt out that holds the shift linkage tube to the transaxle. It needs to come all the way out. Then in the car, slide the shift linkage tube down and into the tunnel forwards as far as you can.
Now it's time to loosen the transaxle from the rear bellhousing. There are 4 bolts on this interface. Two regular bolts (17mm I believe) and two large socket head cap screws.
