Condolences.
I'm of the same opinion.
Whenever I've advertised and sold cars buyers have not been queuing at the door. I like to present a car which has as few faults as possible so that potential buyers do not walk away. Nor do they try offering stupid money. For me a receipted new clutch would be a plus point. It would transform a car. It would indicate its been looked after.
Generally one of the first things people do is sit in the drivers seat, press the clutch and perform static gear changes. A bad feeling clutch would maybe put them off immediately.
£400 is not a bad price for a fitted clutch.
I completed 2 clutch changes over Lockdown on daughter's Kia Picantos
The benefit being I had quality time and didn't have to rush. 1 had a squeaky thrust bearing and the other was notchy and stiff. daughter reckoned it was fine :/ . Both under 50K.
Certainly the second one was transformed with a slick and light clutch feel.
Daughters didn't understand my methodology in that, other than being a maintenance issue, when they eventually come to sell, if we do it privately, light smooth clutches would be a bonus.
But I am a bit like a fleet manager and team mechanic at our house :)
It did remind me of one thing. I think I'm starting to get a bit old for for crawling round on my back heaving gearboxes in and out.
I did find this which helped enormously.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxtLPBMPnM&t=1316s
Last edited by: Fullchat on Sun 4 Oct 20 at 22:29
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