Clutch replacement for GQ Diesel

Hey truckster, are you after some vent parts for your truck?
The passenger vent is hard to find, as all the ones weve wrecked have them missing or broken, but the plastic pipes for the air we have plenty, and you can have them for free, you just have to work out how to get them to you.

Post? I'll pay COD if you like.
let me no
0400 425 296.

Hows Pete doing, havent talked to him in yonks.

Cheers, that was useful advice !

How do you do a fixed quote on a clutch job before you remove the box?
does the fly wheel need machining ? does the rear main seal need replacing ? are bolts rusty ? has the car been modified ?

Getting a fixed quote is easier if you know in advance a few little tricks.For a start having rusty bolts in that part of the car is rarer than rocking horse poo.I never had to have a flywheel machined in the 6-7 cars that required clutches that Ive owned and if they do they dont get paid until I have personally inspected it. Rear main seals give lots of warning that an astute owner would have noticed long ago.Has the car been modified?,well I am the owner so I should know.
Getting fixed quotes is possible as long as you lay down the rules beforehand.I dont have a problem paying for work required but when I come back and find a bill for a heap of unauthorised work that cant be proven/disproven then they will have one very unhappy customer who doesnt have any more money than the original quote.
Another little known fact is that mechanics have books that detail the expected time a competant mechanic should complete a job in.
In short lay down the parameters beforehand.

I was talking about rusty bolts getting to the clutch (bash plates)
And after having 20 plus cars/4wds I have only had to put a clutch in one.you say you have done 6 or 7 Dont like the way you drive.
If you pull a gearbox out and see oil at the lip of the rear main seal
and I have given you a fixed quote and I cannot get hold of you would you like me to just stick the gear box back in ?

Thats being trivial and I dont care if you dont like how I drive. Reread the last sentence of my last post and so what,a rear main is 20-30 bucks,who cares, Im not that hard up, and your never gonna work on my car anyway so whats your point.Did a customer screw you this week.Ha ha

Thank you for answering my question ($20 or 30 dollars more is no longer a fixed quote)
and the book time is 7 hrs not 6 (thats $50 more than you told the guy)
and I dont advertise as most of my work comes from friends and word of mouth.
so no I didnt get screwed this week or any otherweek for that matter.
And of course I am never going to work on your car you take it to specialists remember.
Ligten up I am just trying to say it is very hard to give a fixed price unless yo,u give the highest price first .

Ive never had any problems getting a fixed quote because a fixed quote is for a AGREED amount of work to be carried out .If it requires a oil seal or time to remove frozen bolts ect that makes it outside my original contract and therefore open to negotiation.Reread my posts Ive said that all along.

Hi Diamond
Thanks for the offer to help. I have been quoted $500 for a Daikin kit for the TD42 (Diesel). Can you get them any cheaper ? It seems the Diesels are quite a bit dearer than the petrols....wonder why ?

ill get back to you satback by popular demand
:-)