Aaron wrote:My dad and a friend have convinced me to go with the shotgun approach. So I've got a new clutch master cylinder, throwout bearing, flywheel friction plate, and clutch on the way. .nl style here bitches. Just in a time crunch, and cannot afford to pull this Damn engine ever again.
Not going to replace the slave?
The TOB's have a nylon sleeve to slide on the steel sleeve in the transmission and typically come with a very tiny amount of a light grease inside in a shallow ID groove. Do not add any additional grease, as it will just collect clutch dust and turn into mud, making the pedal harder to push and risking holding the TOB away from the throw out fingers.
DO use grease on the throw out fingers where they touch the bearing... lot of contact load at those points. Don't go overboard, though, as excess grease at that location will also turn into clutch dust mud.
Have you examined the throw out shaft & bushings?
Obviously you need a new flywheel friction surface and pressure plate due to heat and wear. Due to the possibility of oi contamination, you need a new clutch disk. You should have a new TOB with a new PP. You said you were having problems with the clutch hydraulics, so the new cylinder(s) is warranted. I don't see any of that as throwing parts .nl style.
HOWEVER, I think the expectation that you'll never pull the engine again may be naive.