Clutch Change Leeds

[phil_20vt]

Hello all

I've recently picked myself up a puma 1.7 on 2001 as a run around whilst I fix up my fiat coupe.
The puma which I picked up for £300 has almost paid for itself in fuel savings, however the clutch is beginning to slip.
On the fiat coupe it's an engine out job, fiat quoting £1300 for the job, however I can get this done at a specialist for £399. I have had a couple of quotes for the puma, and they seem to be coming back at around £430-£450 which seems like madness to me!
I have a quote from Mr Clutch of £229 but suspect this won’t include the release baring.

Can anyone recommend where I might get a clutch change at a reasonable cost?
I am happy to travel to neighbouring cities.

Cheers
Phil

 

[Ginger Tom]

Totally off topic, have you got any pics of your coupe?

 

[phil_20vt]

A couple here from a few years back

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gingerphil/coop/moon/

Made quite a few changes since the pictures, including eibach/bilstien spring/shock upgrade so it sits a fair bit lower and doesnt look like its on stilts! Made it pretty planted on the track too which was the idea over the looks.

 

[evilrob]

There is a list of Puma garages people on here have used over the years in my signature. There may be someone on there reasonably local you can try.

Hi and welcome, btw! :thumbs:

PS - love the Fiat Coupe 20v! One of Pinanfarina's finest, I reckon.

 

[Ginger Tom]

Love it, I'll be having one as my next toy

 

[phil_20vt]

Cheers Rob, I did check out your list yesterday, again quotes were in the region of £450!

By the looks of it, the cheapest way to get this done will be the Sachs clutch kit and slave cylinder from Euro Car Parts, and find a garage that will fit them for me.
The puma I have is a tidy example, other than the big dent in the door and rear quarter, oh and it's a cat c, hence why I picked it up so cheaply! Not sure I want to splash out on a clutch when the car is worth less than what it will cost me to sort it, especially when this is just a run around whilst the fiat is fixed. And yes, I often hear fix it again tomorrow! After around 8 years of ownership though, I would say it's not really the case.

Tom, a good place to start is here http://www.fccuk.org/forum/. It's a cracking forum and helped me so much. Where are you based?

 

[Ginger Tom]

I'm just north of London, might have to have a look on there. I'll start saving

 

[phil_20vt]

No need to save for long, you can pick up a tidy one for not a lot, if you know what to look for!
I'm seeing values starting to rise too, which is madness.

I was going to point you towards a local specialist, but you'll find all you need to know on the forum I mentioned.

Noticing the pic in you sig, how's the FRP on the track? One of my thoughts if I hang onto this 1.7 puma was to stick on some toyo R888's, get some decent front pads in, and take it for a blast around somewhere. I do realise the FRP is quite different to what I have.

 

[Ginger Tom]

The FRP is awesome on track, could have done with some different tyres on the back as it got a bit squirmy as the laps went by. Ask Mr Rob as he was self elected passenger, he might give you a better run down of what he thinks TPLT is like on track :-D

If your going to track the puma I'd upgrade the brake set up to the 300mm fiesta st set up with race grooved discs for better stopping power.