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endastory
19th January 2007, 13:57
Mk 1 VTS With 96000 Miles. have the car bout 3 months now. my clutch is going and i want to know is it a big job to change it. whats required and how much will it cost cheers
hesslevtr
19th January 2007, 14:14
need to take gearbox out

id say around £150 for i to be done by a garage (price is my local labour rate your area may be diffrent)
CJMAD
19th January 2007, 18:48
Never had one done but would say more like £300 plus. Adecent clutch is £100 and labour for a good 4-5 hours minimum. With a manual clutches are fairly easy, just time consuming with the amount of bits to take off. I would give myself 2 days. I do all my own work, give it a go with a manual. I'm doing mine next summer when its warmer, all ok now but the car has done 128,000 miles on an 02 plate
SAM33R
19th January 2007, 18:55
hello mate, its not too much off a job to do yourself

considering its a VTS you will probably spend atleast £100 on the clutch and £150-200 labour

sam
hesslevtr
19th January 2007, 19:09
£300 to do a clutch are you 2 being serious
jay
19th January 2007, 19:14
mine cost £340 but i had my flywheel skimmed aswel
Sean
19th January 2007, 19:15
no more than 200 to fit a clutch
hesslevtr
19th January 2007, 19:16
mine cost £340 but i had my flywheel skimmed aswel

where was that from
jay
19th January 2007, 19:22
mr clutch, i know there bad lol but they could do it the next day
hesslevtr
19th January 2007, 19:23
mr clutch, i know there bad lol but they could do it the next day

is that in hull

i know theres 1 in scarborough
jay
19th January 2007, 19:24
nah it was in swindon budy
hesslevtr
19th January 2007, 19:25
oh right

still cant belive they charged you £340
jay
19th January 2007, 19:28
yeah ripoff, but it needed the flywheel skimming so that got done at the same time otherwise it would have cost £280
mtpagey
19th January 2007, 19:30
youd know all about having clutch problems eh jay? :P
jay
19th January 2007, 19:31
youd know all about having clutch problems eh jay? :P

lol yeh i would:P
hesslevtr
19th January 2007, 19:31
yeah ripoff, but it needed the flywheel skimming so that got done at the same time otherwise it would have cost £280

still a rip off at 280 even he skimming shouldnt of been that much

must just be the diff area prices
jay
19th January 2007, 19:33
yeah £280 was alot, i could have got it done for £150 but wasnt prepared to wait a week to get it done
CJMAD
20th January 2007, 10:11
a decent clutch costs £80 to £100, labour is at least 3-4 hours minimum so will cost at least £300, as they say, you get what you pay for, not a major job so I'd do it myself and you know the job was done properly. I don't trust garages to be honest, my 1.1 on an 02 has done 128,000 with no garage work at all and runs superb, change the oil every 6,000 miles, new filter and always use synthetic oil. Ail filter and plugs every 15,000, jobs a good un.