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The clutch on the car went around 3 months ago, took it to MR Clutch and paid a fair price for the clutch and recieved a phone call explaining the flywheel was knackered.

I wasn't too impressed as i took the car in at 5:45 pm and they rang at 9:05 next morining saying that this was the case, I was skeptical and thought that they were just trying to squeeze another £400 out of me which I couldnt afford. Told them to do the clutch and I'll have to do the flywheel later. I'm not concerned if the flywheel needs replacing and probably now the clutch also (oops) but have since been made redundant so have to time to do it myself and was wondering if anyone had any advice or even a guide if possible.

I have previously stripped the engine down to its bones and rebuilt so am not worried about getting my hands dirty and spending a bit of time on the job- so to speak!

My car is a T(1999) hdi 110, and i think the engine is rhz off the top of my head.

The reason i'm doing it now by the way is because i can feel (what i think is the flywheel) rubbing, and hear a slight scraping.

Many thanks for the time and advice.

Have a look in the howto section of this site - i'm sure some benevolent genius spent a great deal of time putting together a guide to clutch changing and would be distraught to see someone not even taking the time to use the search box to look for their work...

mjb wrote:Have a look in the howto section of this site - i'm sure some benevolent genius spent a great deal of time putting together a guide to clutch changing and would be distraught to see someone not even taking the time to use the search box to look for their work...

LOL Priceless quote...

For the lazy here's the guide Clutch Change courtesy of mjb

Thanks for the replies,
By the way I did search for clutch related pages but did not find a guide, whats the point in posting sarcastic comments when people are just looking for help.

Loveslug wrote:Thanks for the replies,
By the way I did search for clutch related pages but did not find a guide, whats the point in posting sarcastic comments when people are just looking for help.

coz thats the way we roll

its called banter, but then a sense of humour failure is difficult to detect from such a distance

look on the bright side you got the info needed, if one mildly sarcastic comment upsets you so much, maybe stick with the HBOL in future

howto index time perhaps?

after all, it's all very well for us experienced pugsters who remember them being posted in the first place

just want to say read up on the link with the pics to do my peugeot clutch (was not sure how to remove gear box) but after looking at mjb`s post was able to fit a new clutch today great post,
didnt know it was so involved,

Thanks

DiscoPol wrote:

Loveslug wrote:Thanks for the replies,
By the way I did search for clutch related pages but did not find a guide, whats the point in posting sarcastic comments when people are just looking for help.

coz thats the way we roll

its called banter, but then a sense of humour failure is difficult to detect from such a distance

look on the bright side you got the info needed, if one mildly sarcastic comment upsets you so much, maybe stick with the HBOL in future

Im not with all this abbreviation stuff what does HBOL mean I have googled it but am non the wiser

Haynes Book Of Lies

Basically, a reference to the Haynes Owner's Manual for the Peugeot 406. The problem with the Haynes guide is a combination of a lack of information regarding some key models (notably cars with the 2.2 HDi, the 2.2 petrol, and any of the Coupes), and the "spanner rating" (i.e. 1 spanner = easy job, 5 spanners = very hard job) being a bit off (saying hard things are easy, etc).

Thanks for the translation Highlander ,I have one of those books for my car and it does tell a few fibs especially where fuses are concerned

Fuse box-related lies? If you want to see those, consult the Peugeot handbook for the car...

The layout of the fuseboxes seem to have changed an awful lot over the years, and it's not unheard of for the owners manual supplied with the car to be an almost completely inaccurate representation of the fusebox in that car.

Thankfully, the only fuse I've ever had to change was the one for the cigarette lighter socket, which thankfully was in the position it was supposed to be in (however, for some reason, the manual for my car shows the fusebox as being upside down...???) so it hasn't actually been too problematic for me.

As I own a Coupe with a 2.2 litre engine, the Haynes book is pointless to me, so I never bought one.

highlander wrote:As I own a Coupe with a 2.2 litre engine, the Haynes book is pointless to me

Brakes, hydraulics, electrical system, interior, wipers, heating, cooling, aircon, pas, gearbox, handbrake... I've found my HBOLs quite useful, even though I've got a V6 coupé and had a tubby prior

I've got a D8 Haynes and it came in Quite handy working on my Uncles D9 406