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HalV40 · Nov 17th, 2018, 22:12

I would love to buy the friction plate and cover off Ebay for £150 and fit the thing myself but the missus would blow a gasket if I dripped oil on the driveway.

I'm just not sure if the car itself is worth a new clutch, what do you lot think? The car is in fair condition, only surface rust underneath, no sill rust. The front wings have rusted through but everything works in the car. It's a 2001 with 180k miles and cost £500 a year ago.
All the second hand cars out there are overpriced and the cheap ones are boxes on wheels and nothing like the spec on this old V40 so that kinda makes me think about keeping it and spending a bit on it.

Nov 17th, 2018, 22:12	#15
HalV40 Junior Member Last Online: Sep 27th, 2020 17:45 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Lichfield	I would love to buy the friction plate and cover off Ebay for £150 and fit the thing myself but the missus would blow a gasket if I dripped oil on the driveway. I'm just not sure if the car itself is worth a new clutch, what do you lot think? The car is in fair condition, only surface rust underneath, no sill rust. The front wings have rusted through but everything works in the car. It's a 2001 with 180k miles and cost £500 a year ago. All the second hand cars out there are overpriced and the cheap ones are boxes on wheels and nothing like the spec on this old V40 so that kinda makes me think about keeping it and spending a bit on it.