Makes me not so concerned about the 15 times I pulled the clutch on my Race
Spit to get it working right. I now have it down to a fine
art (about 20 minutes to pull it out and about 45 minutes to get it back in!
Joe
Ken and Elizabeth wrote:
>
> I was just talking to the wife of my Triumph guru mechanic and she mentioned a
> woman who wanted the clutch replaced on her XKE. The story blew my mind. She
> said that if you replace the clutch the way the manual recommends, it calls
> for 70 hours labor (about $4,500 in labor !!!). Bill does it in only 40 hours
> (about $2,500) by cutting the frame and lifting off the entire front of the
> car !!! Ever heard that? When folks said the jags are expensive to work on,
> they weren't kidding
>
> Ken Shapiro
> 1970 GT6+
> KC81872L
> Baltimore, Maryland
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