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From: hls on 18 Nov 2009 19:08 "Nate Nagel" <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote in message > If you go through two clutches in 250K miles, I ASSume you're commuting in > stop and go traffic... and I'm not aware of anywhere that'll rebuild any > automatic for a couple hundred bucks, even if you pull it yourself - and > pulling an automatic is a lot harder than a stickshift simply because of > the weight of the f'ing thing. > > nate Op. Cit. My previous post. Automatics cost a couple of thou around here. Manuals a lot less. Clutches are normally $150-500,
From: Vic Smith on 18 Nov 2009 19:21 On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:12 -0600, "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > >"spsffan" <spsffan(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:he20uc04cf(a)news3.newsguy.com... >> >> >> Everyone is leaving out that it isn't the transmission(gearbox) itself >> that needs rebuilding on manuals, it's the clutch. The cost of two clutch >> replacements about equals one automatic rebuilding....it works out about >> the same in 250,000 miles. >> >> Regards, >> >> DAve > >Depending on the automatic, a rebuild runs about $2000 around here. >With exotics it could be a lot more. It is far worse, IMO, if the tranny >goes out on the road and leaves you high and dry. > >Clutches do have to be replaced on manuals. The last one I had done, >on the road, cost me about $150. This was a dead simple Ford 150 >van. I could have done it with a couple of sockets, extensions, ratchet, >and a jack. Luckily, I found a good shop which didnt charge all that they >could have gotten out of me. > >That can vary a good bit as well. And if you have to replace the flywheel, >it goes up a bit from there. So what are we normally talking about, middle >to upper end ?$500 > >Most any goober can replace a clutch, even in Claptrap, Arizona. Rebuilding >an automatic takes some moxie. > All this depends a lot on whether it's a FWD or RWD. Last time I had auto trans work done they were RWD cars and the work probably didn't cost much more than doing a clutch/pressure plate/throwout bearing replacement. Not sure about the prices, because I always did the manual clutch work myself. Replaced one flywheel on my F-150 and that added about $200 to the cost. But when I did the autos the trans shop guy showed me the clutch packs he had waiting and a wall full of reworked torque converters. Cost $125 for a complete rebuild That was a while ago. like 30 years. '67 Skylark. Had the same guy do a '76 Caprice a few years later and it cost about $400. And it didn't last either. My daughter recently paid $1800 for a rebuild on her 2001 Mitsu Eclipse. Don't know what doing a clutch on a FWD entails, but I'm pretty sure it's more labor than a RWD. Have to ask my kid. He converted his '93 Corsica from auto to stick and knows way too much about it. --Vic
From: Nate Nagel on 18 Nov 2009 19:24 Vic Smith wrote: > He converted his '93 Corsica from auto to stick > and knows way too much about it. Wow. I'm speechless. I mean... (shakes head) I don't get it. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
From: Vic Smith on 18 Nov 2009 19:43 On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:43 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: >Vic Smith wrote: > >> He converted his '93 Corsica from auto to stick >> and knows way too much about it. > >Wow. I'm speechless. I mean... (shakes head) I don't get it. > I wasn't speechless when he called a half mile from the house with a dropped halfshaft. But he got them sized right on the next try. Bottom line is he did it because he wanted to. Kids. Some convert Corsicas from auto to stick, some buy a Studebaker. Whatchagonnado? Just talked to him. A clutch on a FWD always means pulling the halfshafts and doing an alignment afterwards. Might have to pull a subframe, depending on the car. Not nearly as easy as doing a RWD clutch. --Vic
From: hls on 18 Nov 2009 20:17
"Vic Smith" <thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > Don't know what doing a clutch on a FWD entails, but I'm pretty sure > it's more labor than a RWD. > Have to ask my kid. He converted his '93 Corsica from auto to stick > and knows way too much about it. > > --Vic Depends.. Some are a piece of cake.. Others are not |