On 25/08/2011 12:22 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
Some of the cost was labour as I had to have a major (clutch
replacement) repair in the dead of winter and paid to have it done at
a shop. ($3600 or thereabouts).
Wow. I'm thinking $700 parts, $400 labour in the worst case. How does
the tab get run up to $3k?
Well, first of all it is a 4X4 so a bit harder to get apart and put back
together.
I think it was about half parts and half labour.
Clutch kit, master and slave cylinders for hydraulic clutch (which was
why it had to come apart in the first place - slave was leaking and does
not come out without full disassembly) , flywheel machined, etc. Plus a
couple of other things such as the front drive shaft was getting seized
where the slip joint is so it got replaced. Some coolant pipe was
dripping as it had pin holes and it is only availble from Ford for
something like $200 etc.
These trucks have torsion bars that go into the cross member at the back
end of the bar so one cannot pull the cross member unless one wishes to
release and remove the torsion bars etc so it makes for a bit of a job
to get the tranny and transfer case out. Had to cut the exhaust and
reweld it etc. All takes time.
Randy
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