Got started on manual conversion this afternoon, got brake pedal fitted, clutch pedal and servo fitted, down to workshop on Wednesday to get box swapped and plumb in the pipe work and sort wiring, then get props bolted together and get them down to the balancing company. Going to bhp show in 2 weeks so that's my deadline to have it done!

post pics of the work would be of great to see the progress

That's the worst bit done. Take your time over clutch alignment and you will be fine. Good luck with the trust bearing.

Stripped and rebuilt clutch master cylinder tonight, very easy to do.

See the difference in the new seal compared to old one! Should make for a good pedal.

looks tons better buddy! try and get some pics of your conversion, it could help others taking this on in the future ;)

Swapped clutch thrust bearing tonight, gearbox being swapped on Saturday, got all the nice new shiny parts now.

Using a press and a socket here to press bearing carrier out of the thrust bearing

Here is the bearing carrier and bearing separated

Here I'm pressing the new thrust bearing onto the carrier, it's ok to press on bearing face as it is a thrust bearing and that's what it is designed to do and it's not a excessively tight fit so not much force required

I'm gonna take pics as I do conversion and post to help anyone understand whats involved. Looking forward to Saturday :hyper::)

Well the conversion is done all running sweet and it has totally changed the car, just need a gear knob though. Some pics

 

Newly machined stock flywheel, refaced with a ceramic cutter and 3 new clutch dowels fitted

Looped oil cooler pipe work

This plug is on the same loom as the speed sensor harness which is left behind when auto tranny is removed, all other wiring comes out with the tranny, by simply cutting off this plug and soldering wires together it removes starter inhibit associated with the auto tranny.

Thanks for posting this up - i need to do my manual conversion later this year so useful to see what's involved buddy :)