how much will burning up the clutch cost me?

When you say it was overrevving before it failed, do you mean that you'd be cruising along, put your foot down, and the engine revs would increase without a corresponding increase in vehicle speed?

If so, then yes, clutch was slipping.

Dunno about US, but the clutch kit is £120, and it's an 8 hour (book time) job. While in there, should also replace the crank seal and the pilot bearing, and inspect (replacing if necessary) the inner drive shaft boots. This doesn't add any time, but adds another maybe £80 in parts.

You can multiply the UK Pound prices given below by about 3 to get US$ (based on what I paid early last year when changing my clutch). I would also recommend that you consider replacing the clutch slave cylinder while this work is being done (a little over $100). You may also need to have the flywheel machined; that would be another $50.

The only way to save money on this operation is to do the work yourself. It can be done, but it will take several days if you haven't done it before. You may break some parts along the way (I had to break off a tie rod end link because the nut holding it was frozen on after all these years).

Walt Kienzle

Yes. I'd put it into first and try to get going and it would almost redline and the car wouldn't move. If I took my foot off the gas, it would drop back and then maybe "catch." If I took my foot off the clutch when the car was in gear the car wouldn't die. It was only doing it in first, and then it moved up the gears ...

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Oh definitely - sorry, I should've metioned that.

Yup, that's a slipping clutch alright. Funny, they normally start slipping a little hundreds of miles before they get to this stage.

Got the answer to this one today: $1200 US. About what I expected. The whole clutch assembly needs to be replaced. I don't know how I missed the signs of it failing. I've driven manual transmission cars for 12 years and never had to have any work done on a clutch before this. Good news is that the alternator is fine. I was afraid I was losing that, too.

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.> Got the answer to this one today: $1200 US. . Maybe you want to go back to a 900, where replacing the clutch is a DIY job of 4 hrs and some beers.

--------- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 '87 900T8

That's something I was really impressed with, looked at a few 900's in junkyards, noticed how ridiculously easy it would be to replace the clutch, would be nice if all cars were like that.