[Charlie]

I decided to go with my current setup as a result of my non-standard tranny/bellhousing which was really designed for a cable actuation. The throwout arm pivot was on the wrong side! At the time, it just seemed easier to go with the hydraulic throwout setup than try to weld in a new pivot and adapt some kind of external system. Besides, I figured they are using them in many of the new cars with great success, so why not. But of course, after my catastrophic failure, I was wishing I had gone with the external unit. I couldn't agree with you more Mr. Fixit, the external system is far easier to maintain when something goes wrong. The hydraulic throwout bearing has the advantage of being much lighter and in my opinion . . . much smoother. So I decided to give it another chance before going back to the old tried-and-true method.