PILOON
Super Star Member
I am a fair distance from most suppliers so my standard motus operando is to always have a spare on hand.
examples: filters, zerks, all lubes, tire valves, inner tubes, and any specialty hardware (wheel studs, shear bolts etc)
Shucks I even have a spare (mounted) front tire/wheel.
Even my local auto parts is always back ordered on simple things like filters seals and much metric hardware.
As to clutch vs hydrostatic I like hydro but can sure live with a clutch when all the $$ are taken into consideration.
But then I was raised on clutching and over the 70 or so years of driving I never have replaced a one yet,
Won't give Vegas odds but I bet I can go 5-6000 hrs (200 K miles) B4 needing a new clutch facing.
(But that is as long as my wife doesn't drive my CUT, LOL )
Over the years I owned many clutched , MG (clutched) and still do (Toyota MR2).
Heck my first car was an Austin A8, clutched!
LOL, I one day I drove home from college thru the city core without clutching my VW at all since the clutch cable had snapped.
Mind U I carefully selected my route to minimize shifting, at red lights I re start in 1st gear and shift my way thru the gears.
I must have clutchless shifted some 30 or 40 times that day but I got her home OK.
examples: filters, zerks, all lubes, tire valves, inner tubes, and any specialty hardware (wheel studs, shear bolts etc)
Shucks I even have a spare (mounted) front tire/wheel.
Even my local auto parts is always back ordered on simple things like filters seals and much metric hardware.
As to clutch vs hydrostatic I like hydro but can sure live with a clutch when all the $$ are taken into consideration.
But then I was raised on clutching and over the 70 or so years of driving I never have replaced a one yet,
Won't give Vegas odds but I bet I can go 5-6000 hrs (200 K miles) B4 needing a new clutch facing.
(But that is as long as my wife doesn't drive my CUT, LOL )
Over the years I owned many clutched , MG (clutched) and still do (Toyota MR2).
Heck my first car was an Austin A8, clutched!
LOL, I one day I drove home from college thru the city core without clutching my VW at all since the clutch cable had snapped.
Mind U I carefully selected my route to minimize shifting, at red lights I re start in 1st gear and shift my way thru the gears.
I must have clutchless shifted some 30 or 40 times that day but I got her home OK.
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