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Monday morning blues
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:03 am
by Coops
After an exciting weekend with the new shop venture reality hit today when my truck decided to poop it's clutch.
Been recovered to work phoning round now to get it booked in looks like work on Cappa on hold again FFS Not happy.
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:34 am
by r2d2hp
Not so good but know the feeling. My Volvo D5 started to slip. When they took it apart the actual plate looked good and the cover still have the machine marks but Dual Mass Flywheel had signs of blue. So in all it cost £1200 and that was with discount on both labor and parts
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:15 am
by Coops
Ouch mate.
I'm lucky mines the last if the solid flywheels before the navara went dual mass
Had quote of £550 all in parts and labour just waiting on 3 more quotes.
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:13 pm
by katanaman
Not a truck but I threw the dual mass pice of crap as far as I could when it failed on my focus. Fitted a solid flywheel instead with a normal type plate. Cost about 800 less and it can't screw up again. Whoever invented DMF needs shot
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:18 pm
by Coops
I agree mate,
total cost is £575, that is with a 3yr warranty in any of the Unipart/onestop service centres, includes axle levels checked and topped up if needed and transfere and gearbox levels and courtesy car until finished goes in Wednesday should have it back Thursday 7hr book time glad im not lugging that 4x4 box about lol
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:20 pm
by katanaman
Not a bad price m8
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:29 pm
by Coops
what I thought too mate,
glad its got a 3yr warranty as that clutch will get a hammering once I have a trailer for the cappa to go on
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:59 pm
by mgbv8
Coops wrote:what I thought too mate,
glad its got a 3yr warranty as that clutch will get a hammering once I have a trailer for the cappa to go on
Thats why I changed to an auto Truck this time round
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:09 pm
by Coops
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:05 am
by kiwicar
mgbv8 wrote:Coops wrote:what I thought too mate,
glad its got a 3yr warranty as that clutch will get a hammering once I have a trailer for the cappa to go on
Thats why I changed to an auto Truck this time round
I thought it was so you could get more consistent times at the dial in day
best regards
Mike
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:43 pm
by Coops
Now have my baby back,
£620 lighter though
also had drivers side hand brake linkage jammed on, and I never noticed lol truck still went like stink,
even better now with new clutch and freed off brakes