Indeed ... may go for hydraulic sometime down the road .... my thinking is that lever movement will be useful for working out my problem as it's the key interface of the system ..... too little and the problem's probably external (fingers crossed) .... if it's right, then the problem is probably internal so I'll need to steel myself for pulling the lump out from the car (unless the friction plate is stuck to the flywheel as it's been sat for a few months, in which case I may be able to free it)
K