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Good advice I'd just add one caveat. It used to be standard procedure whenever you had the tranny out for whatever reason you replaced the pressure plate, disc, and throw out bearing as a matter of course to zero time the clutch, but times have changed.
When we were younger and our cars were daily drivers you could put 50,000 miles on that clutch before you saw it again so it made sense to change it even if it was still reasonably good, also replacements were cheap and you never gave a thought about their quality.
The caveat is this, if the clutch still looks good you might consider not replacing it for two reasons. First, you already know it's working good and nowadays what's the mileage 2,000 to 3,000mi a year at most. Second, the quality of replacement parts not to mention they're not cheap anymore. If you try to save a buck and source parts from Asia or India you may be doing the clutch again in 1,500 mi. You'll pay more for parts from the UK or Europe but it'll be cheaper in the long run.