63 Dodge Dart, now let me see;)

This is good information~ I was thinking that perhaps if/when a regular throw out bearing starts howling, one still has to remove the transmission, but it's much less money vs a Mcleod hydraulic T.O. bearing. I'm thinking to put the transmission back in temporarily just to visualize the situation.

Other, but related:
I'm having great difficulty locating a diaphram pressure plate. I found one on ebay, but the price and shipping seem a little high for a used product. I thought I had found one on ebay, got it and though it was advertised as a diaphram pressure plate, it was the finger type:( The diaphram pressure plate is highly recommended when using the hydraulics.

mygasser said

re an external slave..... we've done a few cable to hydraulic conversions and often find there's not room to mount the slave so it can push on the release arm. we found wilwood do a 'pull' type slave cylinder, it's really slim and has the pull rod one end and a stud for mounting the other. it allowed us to fit a slave the other side of the arm which got us out of trouble. plus i think a hydraulic release bearing is a ridiculous idea from a servicing point of view.
neil.
https://www.wilwood.com/mastercylinders/MasterCylinderList?group=Slave Cylinder

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a 63-65 dart clutch on ebay. wrong disc, but correct pressure plate:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134140650522
This is what I have from Rock Auto, it was a close out, total was 62 including shipping. LUK 05004. At that point I thought I was going to use the manual type. The friction plate is 9 1/4, so the disc is usable.