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I have a Ford F800 with a 8.3 Cummins that had a rear seal leaking pretty bad. Took in to Cummins shop is Cedar Rapids to do work. When they got it apart, called me and said it needed clutch. Total was just over a thousand. Seal was like $8 and I think clutch was $300ish. Rest was labor. Not sure if that helped?
kugss
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^Sounds about right, you may also consider the realr main seal and new oil in the trans.
wahlturfcare
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i used to have a old 65 chevy dump truck with a 366 and 4 speed and when i redid the whole thing it was about $250 for clutch disk, throwout bearing and pressure plate and about 2 hours or labor for the old girl.
ducaticorse
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I just had this exact repair done to an identical truck. Parts and labor was about $1500. That include a new pressure plate TO bearing, all fluids and a hundo on a tow
We do all our own clutches, and those chevy trucks with a 366 and a manual transmission are not too hard to do. We have found a rebuilder of clutch plates that sells parts to many of the other dealers in town, so we are getting better parts at wholesale prices.
We recently did our GMC 6000; it cost $477.49 (in parts only, not counting our labor) for a "button" clutch disk, rebuilt pressure plate, flywheel resurface, throwout bearing, and flywheel bearing. The button clutch is more durable, but it also costs considerably more than a standard disk. So far as I know, the guys left the rear main seal alone.
When you go to install the clutch again, have some extra long bolts sized to screw into the block to align the bell housing. Cut the heads off, and then slide the bell housing down the bolts onto the back of the engine. Once into position, you can screw out the alignment bolts and put in the proper installation bolts.
We recently did our GMC 6000; it cost $477.49 (in parts only, not counting our labor) for a "button" clutch disk, rebuilt pressure plate, flywheel resurface, throwout bearing, and flywheel bearing. The button clutch is more durable, but it also costs considerably more than a standard disk. So far as I know, the guys left the rear main seal alone.
When you go to install the clutch again, have some extra long bolts sized to screw into the block to align the bell housing. Cut the heads off, and then slide the bell housing down the bolts onto the back of the engine. Once into position, you can screw out the alignment bolts and put in the proper installation bolts.
