Dear Vanagon friends,

     Would anyone like to know what I paid yesterday to have a clutch,
pressure plate, and clutch release (throwout) bearing put in my '93 Eurovan?

    The total came to $835.75!

    My mechanic spent 2 days trying to locate a clutch.  The first one he
found was at a performance VW store and it was $650, just for the clutch.
When he finally acquiesed and went to the local VW dealership, it was cheaper
by around $100.00

    The kicker is, I did not really need a clutch.  The release bearing went
bad (cost=$54.90) and I told him while he had the engine out to go ahead and
replace the clutch and pressure plate also.   That's what I used to do back
when I worked on my on VWs.  I think I should start back doing my own mechanic
work.

Russell G.
'85 GL
'93 EV