Reply With QuoteHi Dan, check your PMs.
Ridiculously priced clutch replacement?
Hi guys!
Long time reader - first time poster.
So on the weekend I was unlucky enough to have a breakdown requiring a tow - turns out the clutch completely failed.
I got on the phone to a Land Rover specialist in Burwood (are we allowed to say the name of the place here?), who advised that it would be about $1.8k if it's just the clutch, or about $2.6k if the flywheel has gone, which was most likely the case. On that basis I got it towed there.
Lo and behold, I get a call today saying that the total job is looking at around $4-4.5k! Obviously I was shocked and confused so have asked for a full itemised list of what needs replacing etc and will let you guys know when it comes through. But off the top of my head, they said the clutch completely burnt out, which in turn affected the clutch bearings, the fork, the pistons of something else and on top of that the cost of flywheels has gone up by $400 in the last few weeks apparently. There's also a fuel regulator leak that's dripping onto the right side of the engine that they can fix for another $500 (including one hour labour) since they have everything out already.
Does this sound right? Am I just super unlucky or am I being taken for a ride here?
Thanks a lot!
Dan
AT RESTHi Dan, check your PMs.
Hi guys, for those interested, here's the quote (details omitted):
Last edited by Pedro_The_Swift; 24th August 2016 at 06:03 PM. Reason: we dont name and shame here..
Swaggie
Looks pretty right to me,as if all that gets done at the same time the bill will be pretty high. A straightforward clutch replacement is going to be easily $2500. The slave cylinder, fork and pushrod aren't cheap, and the CPS may have logged a code due to the diesel leaking on top of it etc.
JC
The Isuzu 110. Solid and as dependable as a rock, coming soon with auto box😊
The Range Rover L322 4.4.TTDV8 ....probably won't bother with the remap..😈
Swaggie
No naming and shaming so id edit your quote or this thread will get booted real quick
You will always pay dearly for the parts from such people as they all put their mark up on top of the parts.
I see Mario sent you a pm and i think you will get a big surprise at the difference in the cost of parts if you sourced them your self.
Me i would not pay that sort of money as i can and do all that work my self but if people are not that way inclined or time poor you are stuck
Thanks guys. Edited it.
Unfortunately I have no mechanical ability so I'd undoubtedly make things worse
AT RESTI have referred him to a more user friendly Land Rover mechanic.
Master
SubscriberDam that's expensive I sourced a heavy duty clutch and single mass fly wheel myself and had an independent land rover specialist put it in was about $2k that was about 2years ago. I avoid land rover work shops like the plague rip you of every time.
AT RESTThe prices quoted are full list price.
Swaggie
SO.MUCH.HATE. Laney.
Not all places are out to do this. We've been down this rd before many times .
workshop overheads are high. Retaining good staff is $$.
Equipment costs $
Insurance costs more every year.
If you have nothing nice to say best say nothing at all.
Kind of over it really. We all have families and rent to pay. And any impact on profitability such as customers supplying their own ebay specials just brings us slowly but surely towards closing the doors. The costs go up and the profits go down just what in the heck do you think will eventually happen. THEN there will be all sorts of wailing and gnashing of teeth because there are no more specialist shops around to fit those parts that people have purchased for someone else to fit.
Yes i have had a bad day, and yes i am becoming more and more disenfranchised with the way the industry and the behaviour of the public is heading...
Not happy jan....
Jc
The Isuzu 110. Solid and as dependable as a rock, coming soon with auto box😊
The Range Rover L322 4.4.TTDV8 ....probably won't bother with the remap..😈
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