So I went and sourced prices for clutch kits and found the awesome 4Terrain by Clutch Industries which we have tried and tested in three patrols now (but was always around the $850 mark) for $550 (pays to be a mechanic!) the retail for this was a whopping $960 thank christ for the trade discount!
The kit comes in a nice sturdy wooden box (will be keeping that for storage!).
I was like a kid on christmas day when I popped this bad boy open!
Finally got the box out, heavy f**ker it is!
The culprit!
The damage
Somebody put a GU rear seal in it so you can imagine my disappointment when my GQ seal had no use with this plate!
So off to the Wreckers I went, one hour and $20 later I return with the replacement.
With the new seal fitted to the freshly bought alloy plate I set off to get my flywheel machined.
$40 Not bad!
All bolted up and ready to go
Now it came to lifting this lump of cast iron back into the car, after a fair bit of procrastination I thought to myself there has to be an easier way.
Alas I found a crane sling, a D shackle and this bad boy
Removed the plate bolted to the trans tunnel and it opened right up.
So I bolted the transfer back on while the box was out and slid it under the car with the crane sling wrapped around it.
After a little bit of mucking around with the sling to get the box to hang on the right angle we were off and racing.
A few hours later and with a little bit of pedal adjustment I was back on the road!!
So anyone that needs to pull out a 4.2 box I would strongly recommend using a crane sling and an engine crane!
