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consul 57
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 Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 2:29 pm Post subject: how much to supply & fit a new clutch on a moggy? |
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please feel free to have a guess!
a friend was given a quote the other day, i was shocked! |
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ukdave2002
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd say 4 hours labour @ £70 per hour so £280 + clutch kit say £120, with VAT around £500? |
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alastairq
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Well, the retail price of a clutch kit [depending on engine size] is between 80-odd and 100 pension quids complete. Including VAT!
Depending on whether they dealer takes the engine out, or simply drops the gearbox back....
I'm guessing somewhere between 500 and 700 you-can-afford -to-be-ripped-off quids?
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Ray White
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I recall having bit of a game with a Moggy clutch. If I remember rightly in the end it is easier to take the engine out. Even then, getting it back in can be a beggar of a job. Getting enough of a tilt on the gearbox to clear the bulkhead is tricky.
Being sensible, it is really a two man job and I would also recommend using an engine hoist load balancer. |
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alastairq
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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The Moggy has the advantage that one can remove the entire front of the car.
Making engine removal an absolute doddle.
Probably easier to bring the gearbox out with it..which would save unbolting the Propshaft U/Js?
Probably easier than removing a Triumph Herald's engine & box? This, despite the much vaunted 'access?'' The front tilting hood would need to be removed....which is a nightmare to refit, single handedly.
Mind, a rear engined Skoda Estelle/Rapid's engine is a doddle to remove as well....take of & set aside rear panel, undo the stringy bits, unbolt from gearbox and unbolt rear crossmember from car....then, with a trolley jack under the engine, take weight and pull. Job done.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="alastairq"]The Moggy has the advantage that one can remove the entire front of the car.
Making engine removal an absolute doddle.
You are absolutely correct of course...that's assuming all the fixings haven't rusted solid. The hockey sticks have studs on them which can easily break off.
On the plus side; replacements are (or were) readily available. 
I bet though, that most Moggy engines have
been taken out with the front panel still in place... |
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consul 57
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 10:26 am Post subject: |
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ok answers
first quote
1200 pounds
2nd quote
900 pounds
rip off or what? |
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Rootes75
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to wade in with 500 but 1200 is ridiculous.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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In this video you can watch a rank amateur do a Morris 1000 gearbox/clutch change on his drive without taking the engine out.
I found it entertaining. Quite a few schoolboy errors ...not least how to disconnect a battery. (ground first and last AND YOU WON'T WELD YOUR METAL WATCH STRAP LIKE I DID AS A LAD.!)
Perhaps (being without a ramp) it would have been easier with the seats removed and lift the box in and out through the floor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1lqdxw4QUY |
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ukdave2002
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| consul 57 wrote: | ok answers
first quote
1200 pounds
2nd quote
900 pounds
rip off or what? |
Shocked but not surprised, MB charge over £700 for an oil and few filters change the whole service only takes an hour 
I was thinking that garages that generally work on moderns , may inflate the price because they have never done a moggy before? However one thing about a clutch change is that the steps have not changed much over the last 75 years, I did one in a 2007 Clio last year and once you can get at the gearbox to separate it from the engine, its basically the same as changing one in a a pre war car.... |
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consul 57
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | I was going to wade in with 500 but 1200 is ridiculous. |
my thoughts exactly
a local garage to me who i have known for years said his charge would be around 520 inc vat & clutch. |
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alastairq
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Does anybody get the feeling there is an element of, 'classic car owners have loads of money to throw at their prides n joy, therefore will happily pay those sorts of prices? Because they've seen how much E type Jagwar owners spend, etc etc etc?'
Or is it a case of, ''we don't really want the job, [Perhaps because, being old, there may be other hidden factors that disrupt the work?'..I'm being generous here, folks!!]''
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consul 57
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| alastairq wrote: | Does anybody get the feeling there is an element of, 'classic car owners have loads of money to throw at their prides n joy, therefore will happily pay those sorts of prices? Because they've seen how much E type Jagwar owners spend, etc etc etc?'
Or is it a case of, ''we don't really want the job, [Perhaps because, being old, there may be other hidden factors that disrupt the work?'..I'm being generous here, folks!!]'' |
maybe
it was also a womans car, that might make a difference! |
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Ray White
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| consul 57 wrote: |
it was also a womans car, that might make a difference! |
They wouldn't try that one with my wife....
They wouldn't dare! |
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badhuis
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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My son in law has a 14 year old Mazda 3 which needs a new clutch and a new air con pulley. The dealer, who in the past three years always serviced the car, asked 2700 euros for the job.
A good mechanic I know will do the job, in his spare time, for 800-900 euros. Including parts!
He is a chief mechanic at a Ford dealer who just likes old Jaguars and as such always does the "modern" jobs on my 21 year old X-type.
An amazing price difference.
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