I'm more than capable of handling capacitor issues should they arise. As it stands, this machine has none. On a sidenote, I never understood the idea that a machine should be trashed, surprisingly the highest volume of such suggestions comes right here on the 68kMLA forums of all places. Entire reason I still post these here is because i'd always assumed new projects would be met with some enthusiasm.

Also, since the machine is completely free, so there's no loss in keeping it. I can actually see a plus in having a G5 around, especially as we head into the winter months...

Currently trying to chase up a donor G5 to swap a few of the parts over. I have a couple of leads on 2 potential systems here in Adelaide, whether they turn out to be the required 17" iSights is yet to be seen (but I wouldn't complain if they were ALS models either since we have a few of those in the store room pending some kind of restoration).

As for the clutch assembly, after a review of the disassembly shots, it doesn't appear to be permanently welded to the frame at all, which will make the job easier.