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Message: <blockquote data-quote="racenmotorsports" data-source="post: 1229986" data-attributes="member: 16266">Got it all swapped out today, spent all day yesterday and today cleaning everything down.  The clutch was not a centerforce one like the PO said, it was hencho in china.  Anyway, the clutch looked good so I swapped the pilot bearing, put on a new throwout bearing and put it all back together.   The biggest problem I had was my exhaust is true dual, no cross pipe and welded all the way back.  I finally had to cut it to get everything out, but once I decided to do that it was much easier.  My little HF tranny jack made installation much easier. Fired it up on the jackstands and shifted through all the gears and no whining of anything like before.  I think I got it all fixed.  Came back an hour after I ran it and the shield was dry so hopefully the rear main leak is fixed.  The only leaking I had was out the rear of the tranny, but I think that's residual from where I pulled the plug and put the driveshaft in, I filled it before I put it in the car.  For anyone who's looking, I tried the bread trick to get the pilot bearing out, it doesn't work.  I could have gone and gotten the tool from advance, but I just decided to use my air chisel with the point on it.  Used that to get it spinning and then broke it up and then popped out the busted up shell.  I spent probably 45 minutes with the bread and about 5 with the air chisel... Not here to debate proper tools, just what I used to get the job done.  Tomorrow, weld the exhaust back up, change the engine oil and take it for a spin with my dad, who helped me out a lot and then take back the old tranny for core charge and get a set of stock GT mufflers to get rid of the crappy flotech's the PO put on it.</blockquote>