Where abouts in the country are you George?
I had the clutch on my 75HP changed shortly after I bought it. From memory the clutch kit was around the 100 mark. Labour was nowhere near 300, but I do get mates rates where I had it done. I don't remember exactly what it cost overall as I don't get invoices issued for work carried out but circa 250 total I think in my case.
Given that I helped through the process, the only thing I would say is that the gearbox does weight a fair bit, but other than that nothing was particularly hard to do, a few bits need removing from the top of the engine for access but that's it.
The 75HP doesn't have a dual mass flywheel, so the cost should be less than a 90HP in both parts and labour. Perhaps those companies quoting are thinking they will have to replace the flywheel too?!?!?
In my case I was struggling to find a couple of gears and reverse would always crunch going in. It turned out to be a badly assembled (not greased) release bearing which was catching on the input shaft and hitting the pressure plate at an angle. I had half of the pressure plate splines deformed as a result and the pressure plate was not moving fully out to disengage, the pedal was also quite heavy as a result.
Once the box was out, I cleaned the flywheel with brake cleaner, the input shaft as well and greased the latter, then all was reassembled. Clutch pedal and selector feel was like new. Happy days since then.
If you are not too far from the Bucks area, I can put you in touch with someone who can do the job for reasonable money and I would expect much cheaper than Mr Clutch.
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