clutch question.

Are there any rear wheel type drive cars in the UK? I should think so. The process is the same, remove drive shaft, remove h-pipe, remove shifter, remove starter, drop tranny. The only difficult part is the top starter bolt, tough to get to, and the top two bolts on the tranny, which can be more readily gotten to after removing tranny mount and pulling down on the tranny/engine to get a little more clearance.

It is not rocket science; they see a "foreign" car and start setting you up. Are there any shops that specialize in higher performance cars?? Ask them why it's going to cost so much and just how many hours they think it will take. I can do a clutch job in 10 hours BY MYSELF!! And, I am a shade-tree mechanic not a shop pro.

Get your own clutch/pp/tob/flywheel (rather than having it machined) and a pilot bearing. They will have a more difficult time getting parts.

Good luck; let us know how it turns out.

stang dreamer said:

...i have no idea what PP or TOB means but it sounds expensive...

Click to expand...

PP = pressure plate

TOB = throw out bearing

If you can get them to write a quote for 4 hours, man, I would jump all over that. I was assuming, with respect to a new flywheel over machining the old one, that machineing/labor prices are so much more expensive. I don't think an American shop would even touch a clutch job for 4 hours anymore; more like 6-8.

Good luck!!

Surfacing the flywheel is really not an option unless you'd like to do this again. If your clutch is smoking, it's messing up the flywheel - maybe metal on metal. Again, get them to write you a quote for the clutch and flywheel R&R. Then, if they try to up it, at least you have something to fall back on.