Thread: ST Clutch
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 05:57 PM
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From: felixstowe
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where to start on this bad boy. bought an st3 on a 58 plate about 5mths ago, its now done 19k miles and the clutch started to slip, took it into local ford dealers as it was only slipping on torque. they charged me £216 to take the box out to inspect it (not chargable if fault was warranted). they informed me that my beloved st had indeed been modded to the tune of an est 275bhp and that a upgraded clutch was needed . i sourced a helix uprated clutch kit from pumabuild consisting of uprated clutch, slave cylinder and a solid lightened and balanced flywheel , fords have fitted this for me and phoned me last friday telling me it now slips worse, i have read on some other sites that the master cylinder can seep air and cause itself and the slave cylinder to stay semi engaged so at another cost of £270 a master cylinder is being fitted in the morning, total cost so far as its been modded so im eligable for all cost is £670 for fords, labour for clutch and supply and fit master cylinder and £805 for the clutch kit, anyone else heard of this problem or am i just going to be adding the cost of a gallon of petrol and a box of matches to the total cost????
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