I was charged just shy of £300 at an ex-dealer...

 

Changing the clutch is childs play for an amatuer DIY'er with most basic tools as long as you have a clutch alignment tool.

Some bits are tricky but not really a hard job tbh, say 8 hours or so to do the lot, out change clutch and back in.

A decent garage should likely have it done in a couple of hours or so.

So expect their labour for a max of 4 hours I would think @ say £40ph = £160

Clutch kit iirc was about £40

So a rough price guide around £200.

Simon

 

Changing the clutch is childs play for an amatuer DIY'er with most basic tools as long as you have a clutch alignment tool.

Some bits are tricky but not really a hard job tbh, say 8 hours or so to do the lot, out change clutch and back in.

A decent garage should likely have it done in a couple of hours or so.

So expect their labour for a max of 4 hours I would think @ say £40ph = £160

Clutch kit iirc was about £40

So a rough price guide around £200.

Simon

Whats involved with the hydraullic clutch as fitted to the 400/45? I know the cable clutch you just simply pull and remove the cable, but dont know about the hydraullic system.

 

I was had I was

 

More importantly what makes you think he clutch is on the way out?

Is it slipping? i.e when you accelerate hard the revs fly up but there seems to be very slow movement from the car?

Simon

 

Thanks for the replys

Its slipping a hell of a lot, its ok on flat roads but seems to rev fairly high when going up hills, with a lack of power!!

Also I can smell the cluch when it starts to work hard aswell.

 

That is a pretty good sign of clutch failure tbh, it will get worse the longer you leave it tbh.

Simon

 

Just thought I'd let you know that I have got it done - cost a total of £214, not too bad I dont think.

 

You didn't hang about, well done, and pretty good price too.

 

try these, my girlfriend's 206 had a new clutch from these + fitting for 110 quid

http://www.a1-clutches.co.uk/index.html

 

What was the "+ fitting".

 

yep it was

 

"+ fitting" or "inc fitting"

The important thing is the total price.

 

hi there i think its worth havin a go yourself as it is fairly straight forward, i have very little mechanical knowledge and had a go with my 1.8 45. i got a clutch kit for £50.00 and gave my m8 £50 for helping me out so spent £100.00 and took us 4 hours and had absolutely no problems. well worth having a go in these credit crunch times.