[Shotimes] Clutch replacement in NH/MASS - recommendations?

[Bob]

The parts shouldn't run more than $450, and the labor would be no more than 5.5 hrs.  So that seems high.  When I did mine for the
first time, I did it in 5 hours, and for $450 I got a SPEC clutch/PP/TOB.

	-- Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Claire
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:50 AM
>
> Hi all - I lurked here for many years before selling my '93 to my brother a
> couple years ago.  The original clutch is finally shot - at about 150K miles
> (is that some kind of record?).  He got a quote for $1300 to replace it -
> from a guy that's probably never done a SHO clutch before.  My sister-in-law
> is telling him to dump the car....
>
> He lives in Concord NH.  Any mechanic recommendations?  What's the going
> rate these days for a clutch (I remember planning on $900 but that was years
> ago).  Any shadetree mechanics that might be able to handle it for less?
>
>
> Mike