If all you need is the flywheel, use a small carbide tipped hole saw to put some extra ventilation into the bellhousing over the pressure plate bolts. Usually there's only a couple of pressure plate bolts that can't be accessed either through the dust cover opening or through the window at the top of the bell housing with a universal joint socket.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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