clutch change price

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

just been on the phone to the friendly local garage ,was not as bad as i thought . i have been quoted Â£145 + vat for a new clutch fitted .

i suppose they will fit the cheapest clutch they will find in the motor factors ,now i am wondering if the make of the clutch makes a difference with the performance and life time .

if it does matter , i am planning to buy a good one from somewhere else and ask them to fit that one .
gsf has a clutch for the 1.8 8v for Â£46 but i dont know if thats any good

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

170 quid for a clutch change on a 19? They obviously have never done one before. And you won't be getting new box oil or anything, they will probably just shove the box aside and do it.

Valeo are oe and some would argue the best.

However from GSF the LUK clutches are Valeo but LUK covers, so I get the LUK gear.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i wish i could do it myself really,its annoying to not to know what they are using or how good they are doing the job. Sad

i did not know they were meant to change the gearbox oil too , i was going to do it myself after the clutch change .

cheers for the info mate , will stick with the gsf clutch

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

well you don't need to.

When I change the clutch the box or both the box and engine come out, usually need to do other stuff at the same time anyway.

But I change the box oil, the clutch, cleaned down the box and flywheel change the gearchange bushes if req'd.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

they dont HAVE to change the oil...if u dont ask em to they wont do it out of the kindness of their heart...they dont need to drain the box to do the clutch see.

save a bit of labour money and do it urself after as u said

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

posted just before me chris

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

it would appear so JB

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i see , i will change the box oil myself .

i have a list of things to do for this car(engine oil,oil filter ,dizzy cap,rotor arm, rocker cover gasket ,plug leads and plugs all need to be changed sooner) ,just waiting for a chance to keep it off the road for a while . i dont think that will be possible before the summer though.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

how much did it cost for your tensioner to get done? Was it a full kit (belt, idler and tensioner) or just the tensioner?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i will do better ,here is a breakdown of the invoice my good man

WORK TO BE DONE VALUE
check engine noise Â£20
replace timing belt tensioner

MATERIALS USED
tensioner Â£42

SUBTOTAL Â£62+Â£10.85(vat)

TOTAL Â£72.85

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

looks like they just used a tensioner

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

aye they did, you trust this garage? they shoudl have advised you to get eh full lot.

Â£20 labour wasn't bad though. But then again its a 19 so the covers easy to take off.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

no i certainly dont trust any garage chris but i have no other choice when things need to be done .

by the way i cant seem to find a dizzy cap and a rotor arm set for 1.8 8v on gsf"s cataloque . its not the same as 16v one is it?

Â£20 labour is good indeed considering they had to get the belt out .

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yes its the same,

the 1.4 energy cap foits but they come out th eside instead of the top. the cap terminals that is.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

oh shit ,the valver dizzy cap set is 25 quid while the 1.4 one is 13.50

what the hell is the big difference between the 2 ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

like I said the terminals for the energy poke out sideways and the 16V up the way.

Aside from that nothing.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

Chris H wrote:

yes its the same,

the 1.4 energy cap foits but they come out th eside instead of the top. the cap terminals that is.

my cap terminals come out from the side as well on the original one

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Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

well fit the energy one then.

Make sure you have ducelieur dizzy though, sometimes the cars are missmatched so you may have that or the other one which I can't mind the name of.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

ducellier is the cheap one actually 13.50 there is a marelli make for 16.50
thats great news my good man.

i shall get all these bits and pieces in a weeks time as i have a week off from the 15th of feb.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

you taken those white clips off the bulkhead yet?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

no the clips are still there Laughing

they make the engine bay look cleaner

no need to get jealous though ,you can have them if you want ??? Very Happy