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Title: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Webby the Bear on 06 March 2017, 21:35:47
Got a 2013 Dispatch in for a clutch tomorrow. Auto data reckons 9 hours or so. I don't remember fitting a clutch on one of these but I think someone else did one I my e a rly days...... is this the mofo where the front end as well as the subframe has to be removed?

Rough with the smooth I guess  ::)
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 06 March 2017, 21:49:37
It's a Fiat with a Shitroen badge... what could possibly go wrong ;D
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Webby the Bear on 06 March 2017, 21:55:48
 ;D that'll be everything then.

I've got no problem doing all of that. But these extra long jobs I do find mind numbing as the hours roll past  :'(
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: STEMO on 06 March 2017, 22:14:01
9 hours. Who designs these fickin things? With parts and labour I'm guessing that's a grand for a clutch then?
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 06 March 2017, 22:44:09
9 hours. Who designs these fickin things? With parts and labour I'm guessing that's over a grand for a clutch then?
Might as well do the cambelt while the engine is out ::)
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: serek on 06 March 2017, 22:48:26
Got a 2013 Dispatch in for a clutch tomorrow. Auto data reckons 9 hours or so. I don't remember fitting a clutch on one of these but I think someone else did one I my e a rly days...... is this the mofo where the front end as well as the subframe has to be removed?

Rough with the smooth I guess  ::)
wait till you get mazda cx7 for clutch  :P
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: 78bex on 06 March 2017, 22:57:13
My old works Pug van had a slippy clutch, it had under 100 k miles & I thought WTF

after they took it all to bits, turned out the crankshaft oil seal failed  >:( I did swear  ;D

There you go :-

  http://www.mklmotors.com/blog/2016/01/13/citroen-dispatched (http://www.mklmotors.com/blog/2016/01/13/citroen-dispatched)
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: citroenguy on 07 March 2017, 05:44:42
It's a Fiat with a Shitroen badge... what could possibly go wrong ;D

It's actually a Citroen/Peugeot that could come with a Fiat badge. :y
And typically of bigger vans its pretty shite to work on.
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Webby the Bear on 07 March 2017, 07:25:53
Cheers for that link bex. With that I'll expect the worst and hope for the best 😂
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Webby the Bear on 07 March 2017, 19:57:20
I didn't have to do it  :) :) :) :)

......and when 3 of the subframe bolts were spinning due to their captive nuts no longer being captive (inside the chassis no less with no access to them) I'm kinda glad I didn't   :y :y :y
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: aaronjb on 08 March 2017, 09:00:58
......and when 3 of the subframe bolts were spinning due to their captive nuts no longer being captive (inside the chassis no less with no access to them) I'm kinda glad I didn't   :y :y :y

I forget what bolt was like that on the MR2 .. no, I don't; steering rack mount .. and had the same thing happen on a friends car.  Had to cut the crossmember open to get to the nut in the end, what a palava.
Title: Re: Maybe one for Citroen Guy.....
Post by: Webby the Bear on 08 March 2017, 13:14:26
I literally had it happen to me last week on one of those stupid MGs. The rover 25 looking one.
I was licking my chops to do the lower arm as it looked so easy. Which I was exactly right....up until the through bolt just started spinning. No choice other than to cut an opening, get on the nut and undo it. Fortunately for me the subframe metal was so thick I could put shed loads of heat in to the weld. Still a royal pita