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Originally Posted by dbrisson
forgot to add i have a jeep wrangler for bad weather duties, and i split mileage between them.
beside the 350-500$ price for the csc's referenced in the forums whats an average install cost? I have not searched too much on that but I am assuming trans removal install etc.
thanks for the thoughts so far
DB
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Yep, the trans has to come out. Figure 5-8 hours of shop time, at least. Most people seem to swap out the clutch and flywheel at the same time. Some do it for the upgrade, some because sometimes when the csc fails it drenches the clutch in brake fluid and ruins it. Also, the master cylinder needs to be replaced at the same time since csc failure usually causes a bunch of crap to get sucked up into the master and damages the seals. The OEM replacement is cheap, but failure prone. There's a new aftermarket option just now arriving into the market, but it hasn't been widely used yet.
And there's no safe mileage on the csc. Some people here have had failures inside of 5k miles. Hell, one guy had it happen on the test drive.
It's a great car. Don't let this scare you off. Once you get the aftermarket part in, it's basically bulletproof.