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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>You will all be as sick of hearing about my OD as I am of lying underneath it. I’ve decided to kick the whole thing into touch. I’ll whip out the gearbox (hah!) and drive it complete up to OD Spares who will sort it out while I wait. Even if I have to wait all day. Beats making the round trip twice.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Which leads me on to thinking about “what else to do when I’m in there”…….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The clutch is the obvious candidate.<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'> I don’t know how long is a piece of string, but is there a mean average duration for a clutch in terms of miles? Not driven hard, just driven.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I see that people quite often sell the clutch as a kit consisting in: the plate assembly, the cover and the release bearing. I thought that one replaced the latter <b>every time</b> one got near it and that one replaced the plate <b>as and if needed</b>. But – I thought – the cover is just a hunk of iron and <b>didn’t ever need replacing</b>. Am I right in <b>any</b> of that??<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Tools….I see a great variety. In shape, design and in cost. Broadly speaking there are variations on A or B. The former seems elaborate and not suited to someone who hopes to only ever change one clutch in his life. But B is so very different from A that one wonders if it can do the same job……<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph>Any thoughts on all or parts of the above would be very much appreciated. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now to battle with the gearbox. Oh joy……..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>