Banana off to Hospital

[BANANA]

Hi Chaps . The Nana is iff to indy next week
At little Havens with SimonM I left there with Smoke from under the bonnet
After a little investigation looks like the Rockerbox cover Gasket
So NOT to bad
Allso the Bearing on the end of the Long spinny thing that joins the Box with the cogs in ???
Am told its Majar Surgery
She makes a WA WA WA WA typ of sound

Any Thoughts ??

 

[lozcb]

Sorry to hear that Mick , hope its not that expensive to sort out , let us know what the prognosis is when you find out

regards loz

 

[BANANA]

Thanks Lozzz

Think its called a SPIGOT Thingy

 

[lozcb]

ah hah , only £15 plus the vat , but £5/600 labour worth having your clutch done at the same time , spiggot bearings are notorious for squealing on take off in 1st and 2nd , and not too detrimental to leave for a while , not known one to break or crumble as yet just noisy


regards loz

 

[BANANA]

No Sorry Lozz

Just had a thought its the its on the Long spinny thing may be a THRUST Bearing NOT a spigot

Wat do you Reckon ??

 

[dem maser]

all the best mick ......

 

[Predator]

That's sucky news mate, get it sorted and enjoy the car again. With the way you drive, I think the poor bugger has done well

John

 

[ENZ525]

All the best Mick,
Regards,
Enzo.

 

[GransportFan1]

All the best Mick, hope everything gets sorted mate.

 

[davidhowson]

It must be the day for yellow trouble! Best of luck getting her sorted!
-David-

 

[urbanmaser]

Check with Maserati. Apparently a stronger spigott bearing was manufactured by Maserati towards the end of the 4200 era and less likely to give problems...........definately worth putting in a new clutch at the same time

 

[BANANA]

She is still on her first clutch at 33000 so not to bad
will be looking at a new clutch aswell as spiggot bearing
Any one got a clue of cost ££££££££££££

 

[Easyplan66]

I think it will cost you about £1200 for the clutch at an inde.

 

[lozcb]

About right Mick, clutch plate just over the £300 mark spiggot bearing £15.00 release bearing if yo need it £250 ish so around £600 in parts and £600 in labour


regards loz

 

[Emtee]

Prices are on the up Nana. The bell-house and spigot bearings aren't too bad at about £45.00 for the pair, but the clutch is coming in at around £685.00. These are before VAT. Hopefully your release bearings are okay, but if not then that's another 300 notes. Add about £550.00 for (indi) labour and pray your flywheel is okay (another £275.00).

The labour I've quoted is standard clutch replacement, so if anything further is required, it could be nearer £750.00

So worst case scenario - £2,055.00 before VAT. (assumes extra labour).
If release bearings and flywheel okay - £1,280.00 before VAT. (assumes standard labour)

 

[Emtee]

About right Mick, clutch plate just over the £300 mark spiggot bearing £15.00 release bearing if yo need it £250 ish so around £600 in parts and £600 in labour


regards loz

Loz, where are you getting that clutch price? It's a lot cheaper than Eurospares is showing?

 

[lozcb]

Myles i bought all my bits off ebay , when the synter group (grey paul edinburgh) were off loading some surplus stock earlier in the year I paid total £630 for everthing thats including a new flywheel aswell , the prices i quoted were approximate around jan feb this year , and yeah we all know maserati prices vary , but not double , Marios (autoshield ) was telling a few months ago he was getting clutch plates in around the £275 mark plus vat so worth giving him a call maybe , dont always rely on Eurospares being the cheapest sometimes they are not


regards loz

 

[Emtee]

Myles i bought all my bits off ebay , when the synter group (grey paul edinburgh) were off loading some surplus stock earlier in the year I paid total £630 for everthing thats including a new flywheel aswell , the prices i quoted were approximate around jan feb this year , and yeah we all know maserati prices vary , but not double , Marios (autoshield ) was telling a few months ago he was getting clutch plates in around the £275 mark plus vat so worth giving him a call maybe , dont always rely on Eurospares being the cheapest sometimes they are not


regards loz

Cheers Loz, definitely worth further investigation as that's potentially a £400.00 saving!

 

[reservoirfrog]

GT Autos at burntwood are advertising clutches from 620 for a 4200.

www.gtautos.co.uk

 

[BANANA]

Thanks for the input chaps
Looks like i'm selling my a*s again next week to pay for this

still no pain no gain
The old Nana's worth it