Hey, I might be a candidate for that open heart surgery hahaha, not really.
Great work on that trans. I have never taken apart a front wheel drive manual box. I have however, done several T5 trannies from the fox body Mustangs. Those things are a breeze to rebuild.

I would have paid 100 quid for a step by step "how to" video with proper part numbers and exact procedures on how to do what you just did. As a matter of fact, that's how I learned how to rebuild a Manual 5 speed gearbox. I bought this guy's DVD and had it playing in the laptop while I did it.

Next time you rebuild a FWD manual gearbox, make and sell videos because people would buy them. Nice work!