Dropped the pressure plate/clutch disc/flywheel out the bottom of the 54 with 55 engine without pulling the bell housing. Did pull the clutch fork...had plenty of room. That's the good news....now for the bad...the flywheel has a clutch surface visible crack....none in the bolt area. Wonder what the chances would be of scoring a 1955-235-14-1/4", 10" clutch disc flywheel? Oh well!

Also slid in the 1988 IROC-Z Borg Warner Camaro 9 bolt posi/disc brake 3.08 diff. to replace the 3.90 closed torque tube rear end. It's 62" wide and it sure makes easy work out of this process.The disc emergency brake cable will even hook up. Same width pinion flange as the S10/T5 driveshaft so maybe I'll get lucky on the driveshaft fab.

Front disc brackets from CPP to go on tomorrow. Picked up the rotors/calipers and various hardware from salvage ($20.)to do the mock-up. Found that a mock-up eliminates buying new parts that sometimes don't fit. New components go on after all the bugs are worked out.

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