You're still considering a 20 year old $20 clutch, to be a reasonable replacement for your 20 year old clutch...
Originally Posted by
Empire
yeah, we aren't talking about anywhere near the same thing.....
and "huge expense" is relative.
you're comparing a 20 dollar replacement clutch to 80 bucks for an alternator in addition to the cost of the fans themselves.
that alone is 4 times the cost. i would bet that anyone would consider something that is 4 times the cost to be a huge increase in the cost.