Can anyone give me a rough estimate of the price of replacing the clutch in a frogeye (ie having a commercial garage do the work)? The car has the 948cc engine which I believe has to come out of the car to change the clutch?
Are there are sprite specialists in Norfolk (UK)?
Thanks in advance... Jerry
It does indeed.
My thoughts are that it's such a simple job any decent garage should be capable. Although I suppose they would need to have the correct spanners etc so used to working on older vehicles.
Can't help much with the pricing as it's a job I would do myself as I have a frogeye. I would point out that if you have the job done by someone and the front edge of your heater tray is not already bent, make sure the garage doesn't bend it in the process of getting the engine out. It's a very common thing to do if the engine is lifted too much too early, a local BL dealer bent mine when changing the gearbox under warranty. Thinking about it a bit more I could remove the engine and box in mine in about an hour but I had done it a few times and had a front hinged fibreglass bonnet which was 2 bolts to remove and didn't require re-aligning when replaced, the radiator lifted out with the removal of 4 bolts and disconnections of the rad and oil cooler hoses. I would have thought that a garage that knows the car could do it in 3 - 4 hours if all go to plan.
I've not done a Frogeye but have done a Midget and the trick was to raise the back of the car rather than try and tilt the power unit by much.
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