MOT Clutch failure - V8 Vantage

[northernmedia]

My hydraulics went my 07 V8V @ 45k miles. Got the garage to put in a new clutch while they were at it.
At least yours will now be sorted

[simonpa]

Did you get this sorted?
What had failed?

[codieskid]

Yeah all sorted. Picked the car up on Wednesday and I was very lucky. Turned out that a spring had fallen out somewhere inside the clutch which McGurk said was highly unusual so that classed as a mechanical failure.

As a result the car had a new clutch fitted under warranty and I paid to have a new flywheel fitted at the same time as McGurk recommended it. While the car was in it was also serviced so total bill was £3100 but warranty cover saved me £2k of that. Car drives much better now, clutch feels much lighter so maybe there was a problem before that was there but just waiting to happen. Who knows, but all sorted now.

I've said it before but I'll say it again, McGurk are brilliant. Level of service received was exceptional, they did all the dealing with warranty company so can't rate them highly enough.

With all that said and with the car in rude health I've decided to sell. I haven't had the car long and it has nothing to do with the clutch issue but I just really want to get my GT40 project on the road so the Aston has to go to make that happen. It's easily been the best car I've owned but think now is a good time to sell as it will give any new owner total peace of mind and hopefully another 37k miles on the new clutch.

Trev

Edited by codieskid on Friday 19th September 11:08

[ds2000]

Glad its all sorted

[michael gould]

excellent result

[simonpa]

Good result indeed!

Hmm - GT40 - one of a very short list of cars that I think look more striking than a Vantage.

[codieskid]

Mines still a way off yet but coming along nicely. It's been hard work building it but very rewarding




Hoping it will look something like this when finished

[simonpa]

Looking good - is that a GTD?

[codieskid]

Tornado chassis with some modified parts. I've been trying to make the car look as original as possible so getting parts from Gelscoe who make tool room GT40 copies. They did the steering wheel and column, both work of arts