joderest
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- ML270 2003
Above needed a new clutch, as 96,000 miles and was nearing top of pedal, so........
MINI... £1300, as would need new flywheel as well
MINI INDEPENDENT..... £950 as might need a new flywheel as DMF and would be worn.
FIRST LOCAL GARAGE.... £700 as a right bugger of a job
Tried Garage where i get all MOT's done, said about £400.
So, booked it in to MOT garage, as its a nuts and bolts job, took them all day as had to wait for a new slave cylinder, as old one would not bleed. Clutch they supplied was LUK (a good brand i am told) Expected £400 plus parts, so about £600.
Nope, £405 all in.
Works a treat, no issues, good old fashioned spannering.
It just goes to show that shopping around you find the best deals in the least expected places.
Oh, and it has a solid flywheel, not DMF, and it did not have a mark on it. I was shown the old components, clutch plate was just on rivets, and pressure plate springs quite worn, clutch release bearing a bit grumpy.
They did a cracking job.
MINI... £1300, as would need new flywheel as well
MINI INDEPENDENT..... £950 as might need a new flywheel as DMF and would be worn.
FIRST LOCAL GARAGE.... £700 as a right bugger of a job
Tried Garage where i get all MOT's done, said about £400.
So, booked it in to MOT garage, as its a nuts and bolts job, took them all day as had to wait for a new slave cylinder, as old one would not bleed. Clutch they supplied was LUK (a good brand i am told) Expected £400 plus parts, so about £600.
Nope, £405 all in.
Works a treat, no issues, good old fashioned spannering.
It just goes to show that shopping around you find the best deals in the least expected places.
Oh, and it has a solid flywheel, not DMF, and it did not have a mark on it. I was shown the old components, clutch plate was just on rivets, and pressure plate springs quite worn, clutch release bearing a bit grumpy.
They did a cracking job.
