How many hours to replace clutch?

[Porschekid962]

4 hours? seems a bit lengthy. Did this two weekends ago, drain oil in the tank, disconnect oil lines, throttle cable on tranny, electrical to starter, electrical in engine bay, unbolt tranny from motor, put a jack or lift or whatever under the tranny, drop the engine. A competent wrench can drop an engine in about 20 minutes, I have seen it. So now you just slap in a new clutch, TO bearing, bolt the engine up to the tranny, bolt it back on its mounts, reconnect everything and your done. Two hours seems failry reasonable.

[stealthn]

"A competent wrench can drop an engine in about 20 minutes", I'd pay to see that...on someone elses engine.

[addictionMS]

I can drop my motor in about 15 minutes, but it is far from stock, the oil lines don't need to be disconnected, only the fuel and wiring

this thread is about a repair at the track that could have been a clutch swap, but was not, but the timeing is about right, 3.5 hours when I was rushed but fiddled around a bit in the middle.

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[cstreit]

ACtual time and book rate vary. I wouldn't freak out for anything under 6 hours.... 4-5 is probably average.

However if you've done it a few times, as with Jims car, it goes faster. Myself, Souk, and a few guys did a main-seal replacement on my racecar in about 2.5 hours total.

[Porschekid962]

Honestly, two weekends ago I saw my dad's engine come out of his car in 20 minutes. Throw it on the lift, disconnect the engine bay wiring, oil lines after you drain the tank, throttle cable, 4 bolts on the tranny and the two motor mounts. Having a lift and steel welded engine cart help a bit.

I dropped the engine and tranny out of my 72 in about 40 minutes yesterday. Not much to it.

[addictionMS]

one of these days I am going to do the mod that allows you to pull the motor out without jacking up the car, without the back seat in, I can disconnect everything, so it would be alot easier to just unbolt and roll like the pros. Then it will be under 10 minutes to get it out.

OT: on our RX7 it was a 20 minute job to swap trani's, once had it done during a enduro, hardest part was not burning yourself on the exhaust or hot oil.

Jim

Jim

[911mot]

Me and an apprentice from work had my engine and gearbox sitting on the jack still warm from the drive home in a smidge over an hour. Only problem was I didnt have car high enough up.
It depends on how quick you need/want to do it. If you went balls out and didn't replace the spigot bush, helper spring or remove the flywheel then an experienced mechanic with right tools could easy do it in under 3 hours.

[Rick Lee]

I've done it plenty of times and there's no way a first timer will get it done in 4-5 hrs. A pro with a lift can probably do it, but they'll probably charge you book rate and make the extra money for being good and fast. If clutch replacement is the ONLY thing you're doing and you really know your stuff, you can knock it out in under a day at home. Otherwise, plan on two weekends.