Thread: Advice needed...

Always a tough question. Over the years, I have balanced up what the vehicle owes me, how long I would intend to keep it etc. In your scenario, if the car has only done 130000km, it may be better for you to spend the money repairing it, in hope that there isn't too much else wrong with it.... having done the low k's....you could outlay more money on another vehicle and still have to spend money on other repairs.

I owned a car for 10yrs once, paid a low purchase price as it had done high kms...spent $5k on it over 10yrs, and sold it for scrap value at the end. Was still a lot cheaper than buying a new car on finance, or buying a more expensive 2nd hand one and still having some sort of repairs, as they do.

He also said if I were to go ahead and repair whatever is broken, he recommended changing the clutch kit and flywheel which is fair enough.

Hmm, many years since I replaced a clutch, but why would he recommend to change the flywheel? At that mileage it is unlikely that even the plate needs replacing, or the cover. Better to pull it first before making remarks like that. Also, may be a better option to drop the engine out rather than the gearbox.

I do see where you're coming from saying to keep it... got it off my ex's grandad for 7k. He only ever took it down to the shops and at the time it seemed like a decent price considering the odometer so thought it would be a safe buy.
I just hope that like you said, everything else on the car is in decent condition an as far as I can tell it is but I don't have enough mechanical experience to be sure.

I'm a shocker for keeping cars for long periods of time so it'll be a challenge... as long as it being so gutless doesn't bother me too much in the future I could give keeping it a go. We'll see

Thanks for the input

Originally Posted by CanM8

I do see where you're coming from saying to keep it... got it off my ex's grandad for 7k. He only ever took it down to the shops and at the time it seemed like a decent price considering the odometer so thought it would be a safe buy.
I just hope that like you said, everything else on the car is in decent condition an as far as I can tell it is but I don't have enough mechanical experience to be sure.

I'm a shocker for keeping cars for long periods of time so it'll be a challenge... as long as it being so gutless doesn't bother me too much in the future I could give keeping it a go. We'll see

Thanks for the input

Knowing the previous owner and its history, I would be inclined to keep it. Get the mechanic to give a quick opinion on the rest of the vehicles condition. Maybe shop around a bit on price to get that clutch done.

Originally Posted by Old Farang

Hmm, many years since I replaced a clutch, but why would he recommend to change the flywheel? At that mileage it is unlikely that even the plate needs replacing, or the cover. Better to pull it first before making remarks like that. Also, may be a better option to drop the engine out rather than the gearbox.

I'll have to look into that about the flywheel, replacing the clutch made sense to me but the flywheel not so much but this mechanics always been good to me so I didnt really question it

Machine the flywheel should be less than $100.
There is a place up here that was doing an exchange machined flywheel for $75

Mechanic did actually mention machining the flywheel, he said it wasn't an option though can't recall why

Id repair it and machine the flywheel and replace the clutch it`s a no brainer .
Oh replace the clutch fork with a heavy duty one
Roverlords on here can help you out with the bits if you mechanic doesn`t mind your sourcing the bits needed