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[caledonia]

Once you get all the gubbins out the road it’s only nuts and bolts. Done the clutch on my old T5 van.
Whole front end and subframe off. It had done 215k on the original one though.

 

[runnach]

Once you get all the gubbins out the road it’s only nuts and bolts. Done the clutch on my old T5 van.
Whole front end and subframe off. It had done 215k on the original one though. View attachment 138118

And you had it stripped down before heading to work!

 

[RichardHelen262]

You need the 3 clips to put on the cover plate to keep it compressed or you won’t get it out.

They came with the new clutch, but the guy I seen taking 2 days when I saw the car at the end of his first day he had all the suspension off, drive shafts plus lots more of unnecessary stuff, he really was clueless

 

[colinm]

Once you get all the gubbins out the road it’s only nuts and bolts. Done the clutch on my old T5 van.
Whole front end and subframe off. It had done 215k on the original one though. View attachment 138118

The Cavalier one had 'only' done 170k.

 

[r4dent]

A friend had a clutch problem when we were at an off road event.

He went off to get a new one while a few of us started the removal
It was in a muddy field so first job was to spread a tarp to catch anything that fell off.
Second job is to remove the doors and third job is to take the floor out.
By the time the owner returned the clutch was out ready for the new one.

The new one was in ready for the next day's racing.

 

[trevskoda]

I remember at about 20 21 years old changing a clutch for a driving school chap i knew well, toyota ke30 saloon, started at 11pm in winter on the drive, it started to snow and i was working in a t shirt with steem coming of me, all sorted by 1 am just as my g father came out to say enuff is enuff bed time.
Had the car at his door for just after 8am as he had a driving test to do, i was on the bus for my full time job within minutes, £100 earned which was more than i got paid for a weeks work in toyota stores dept.

 

[ricc]

We once had chap in to do a clutch on a zetor crystal.... Tractor , weighs about 5 tonne , as with most tractors the engine unbolts from the gearbox just Infront of the cab , then with appropriate jacks an a bit of flat concrete the two halves roll apart, remove clutch an replace , then roll the two bits back together an stick all the bolts back in. He had it all done by lunch time. I've done a few on smaller tractors. Easiest was a 1960s Nuffield. , remove diesel tank and steering column and there was a clutch cover to lift off, that age JCB,s used the Nuffield skid unit but you had to. Stand on your head in the cab grooping under the dash/diesel tank that was part of the chassis.

 

[trevskoda]

These days moderen cars are so hard to work at and expensive most folk her scrap them after 5/7 years or when expense outweighs value of car.
You dont see many 20 plus year old cars on the roads these day, 10 to 12 would be about max.