Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH - and a story ....

[Josh Clark <joshc@garden.net>]

On Tue, 15 Apr 97 08:22:00 PDT Jason Rappaport <jrapp@fred.solarex.com> wrote:

> 
> Greetings all.
> 
> My clutch went out on my 86 8v Scirocco this morning.........at a very   
> inconvenient place (wheeze, wheeze), and at a very inconvenient time ( on   
> the way to work, 1.5 miles too short)
> 
> I have been debating whether I should buy a kit, and attempt to put it in   
> myself (with a friend with VW engine experience), or to save time, have   
> someone else put it in for me.
> Any ideas, and if I have someone put it in, what is a reasonable price?   
>  I have had dealers quote me 650-700 (which I find outrageous), and my   
> normal mechanic quote me 450-500 worst case scenario.

Do it yourself!  As long as you have an extra day for problems you'll be fine.  I did mine on a 
Thursday but I had PROBLEMS!  Not because of anything I did either.  The place that 
machined my flywheel machined it down too far so the clutch wouldn't disengage with the 
trans back on.  All you need is a good breaker bar, a friend, the flywheel bolt socket, and a 
bunch of jacks.  Good luck.
 
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