12.30am found me sitting in the rain at the very end of Cobbity Road with a torn spline from the clutch plate.
A 60k tow home saw me crashing into my bed at 2.30am with a mammoth job ahead of me.
Thanks to Kevin at Penrith Specialised Clutch for providing me a modified TRD pressure plate and sprung ceramic/metallic button friction plate at such short notice.
The engine was out over the weekend, however, I’d forgotten to order a rear main seal, so everything was delayed.
However, after about 18 hours the job was complete.
I have used a fully synthetic Penrite oil and Redline Lightweight Shockproof gearbox oil (not cheap!) and am so far exceptionally happy with the result.
Starting the car the first time, had a huge scare when clutch was depressed, a grinding/chewing/whirring noise.. after sheer terror gripped me, a friend suggested that perhaps the forks were collecting the friction plate. I recalled the last vestige of the previous owner’s mechanic’s debacle of a maintenance job.
A horrendously modified clutch master pushrod to pedal fork adapter.. forcing the clutch further than it was originally designed to go. 5 minutes later with a spare original I had obtained in light of this a while back, noise gone and everything’s operating beautifully! 
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