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Post by **Zamani** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:50 pm

Greg,

You're correct. Plus, my car's undercarriage is relatively dry and has no rust, caked on gunk or other nasty stuff. The center exhaust comes off in 5 minutes (all flanged)

Greg Gordon · Post by **Greg Gordon** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:58 pm

Exactly. When you get a car that has exhaust flanges that are rusted together, and bolts that have more rust than metal, this can turn into a pretty ugly job.

I am not saying that's the case with the car in question here. I am saying that sometimes it's quite possible and reasonable for a clutch job to take a thousand dollars in labor.

Of course I strongly suggest getting a disk from Andy and following the procedure on my site, this saves a lot of money and results in a clutch that's as good as new.

Greg

badger77 · Post by **badger77** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:36 pm

The car in question was never winter driven. It has no rust, the body is in excellent condition. Well the paint faided a bit and has couple of chips. I think the overal price is a bit high still. The same mechanic tried to charge me for a water pump $200. I was able to find one new, for $77. Big difference... Actually I did not find place that would sell it for more than $100. I say it is Monopoly, there is no one else in my city that specializes in these cars...

thank you a lot ... for all the comments...

Greg Gordon · Post by **Greg Gordon** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:55 pm

It very well might be that he is charging too much. If the car is dry underneath and nothing is stuck or damaged, I would think it would be a 5 hour job tops.

badger77 · Post by **badger77** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:37 pm

Thank you, I am not sure what I woud do without this forum. Ok, I found a place here in Ottawa that maybe able to rebuild the clutch, for 360$. I have a good mechanic that will install it for another 200 bucks. This saves me 1500 dolars if it works out...

Thank you again, for all the ideas.

jjeffries · Post by **jjeffries** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:41 pm

what is the difference in terms of time/effort to replace the clutch between old style linkage and newer style (isostatic?) linkage? The latter is more difficult, correct?

MD · Post by MD » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:10 am

No material difference.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:48 am

I remember a certain crosspin that is a b*tch to remove in the newer linkage. Other then that it should be the same.