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Originally Posted by macafee2
I think "The work should only be done by a specialist in our cars" is a bit "dramatic" and could put some off from using a good mechanic, competent will do. Perhaps not a job for the faint hearted but can be done DIY but an extra pair of hands does help. The Haynes manual is quite good as a guide.
I would go as others have said, bleeding the system first
macafee2
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I base my comment on the fact that we have had so many people suffering premature clutch failures on the forum over the years. I have tended to do the smaller (easier!) jobs and the 75's myself and have always taken the cars to the likes of Terry (tsauto) or Andy (trikey) since he moved to Norfolk. Previously I used BS Motors for a clutch change on a 75 some years ago. My cars just do not suffer from premature failure of clutch components etc. I put this down to the expertise/experience and the care taken during fitting by the aforementioned specialists.
I would go further and make the recommendation only to use clutch parts recommended by the specialists.
I take the point about DIY, but would also categorize such people between specialists/experts and not so!