Out with the old:
 In with the new:
 Cast of Characters/Rogue's Gallery: 
YugoBernie, a.k.a the Pusherman
Provider of Parts
Me and my help: 
Deep appreciation goes out to those who helped - this would have been
impossible without you guys! Not to mention much more boring. :-) Although my scraped and bruised body parts would disagree, Bernie, I'm
actually glad you've been too busy to get to this project. Being a visual
learner, this experience has been invaluable to me on so many levels. I intend to make a big write-up of this with a lot of the pictures I took,
but for now I'll leave you guys with a handful of choice shots. By the
way, the Z drives better than it's ever felt in my year of ownership,
making me one happy Z owner! Fire is your friend, as we learned after two of these snapped:
 My first major success in this project, after fighting with this thing for
waaayy too long:
 
The total arsenal of tools I threw at it in all three rounds:
 It was the seal puller that finally got it, once I figured out how to use it
right, but even then the seal put up a good fight. Checking to make sure...
 This better be in right!
 A beautiful thing:
 Yeah, it was time:
 This rented beast sucked, and probably weighed more than the tranny
itself:
 As you can see, it couldn't be left by itself - it had a slow leak. We finally
did away with it and resorted to the use of a regular jack and Wayne's
Jack Strap (TM):
 Cam, Wayne, and I each got to experience installing the clutch, as we
kept trying to figure out why the tranny wouldn't go in...
 Come to find out when they say the alignment tool has to slide in and out
easily, they mean REALLY easily! We thought it was easy the
first two times, but apparently not enough! Finally got it so it was like a
hot knife through butter. "So a baby could pull it out!" Drilling out broken-off studs is NO fun.
 But this was pretty cool - anybody know why this happens? The metal
shavings all stood up in lines at the edges of the threads:
 Not to mention finding their way into my bum... :-/ And it's possible to put the exhaust back in yourself, though I got some
help at the last minute:
 My buddy when no one else was around:
 Finally last night I dropped in the new battery, fired it up, and got two
more experiences - coming in through the center console to adjust the
shifter bushings, and adjusting the clutch pedal - and now IT'S DONE.
Finally!!! My drive to work this morning was quite enjoyable,
though YES, I am driving like grandma until it gets broken in. Looks like my next project may be replacing the exhaust...
 That's all for now; tune in next time!
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Okay Bernie, you're off the hook... (pic heavy!!) - 
