coastline taxis

yes it has the dual mass on it 2002 2litre hdi.only advice worth noting is the fact that the thrust bearing pulls and not pushes. so put thrust bearing onto fulcrum arm and dont locate it into the pressure plat untill the g/box is inn. other than that they are a dodle to do much easier than the vectras and mondeos ive had to do in the past

just done clutch on one of my c5s and all i can say is dont be frightened of the job. its very very easy and took 2 of us 5 hours from start to finish nothing awkward or hard about it. you just cant get better than the c5 for taxis or genral use. :D :P :P

After reading your posting im afraid i have to disagree with your comment regarding a c5.As previosley stated i run 3 of them at my taxi office and in 22 years of renting taxis out they are the best so far so much so that i intend to change the 4 mondeos i also rent out over to c5.I have had mine for 3 years with no problems at all. You state that clutches go at 50k i am just about to replace my first clutch in one of them with 155k on the clock.also particle filter ive never changed one yet and all three vehicle have between 150k up to 170k.The timming belts have been no problen and are just so easy to do. these vehicle start work at 6.30 am for school runs and continue untill 2am for nightclub work 7 days a week for 3 years. the only breakdown was when a driver filled the diesel with petrol. cant help wondering if people that are slating these cars are looking after them properly or just letting little faults build up till it just gets out of control and results in a big repair bill. The mondeos i run are going through flywheels every six months and they just love drop links and wishbone. maybe uve just getting a lemon. many thanks

i run three c5 and find them to be very relable all of them 2002 models and all diesels all with 150.000 on the clock and have found them fairly easy to maintain. i served my time as a mechanic many years ago so have a good knowledge of cars but lack of update skills are starting to show when i look at the newer cars. anyway down to buinsess i need to do the clutch on one and would just like to know how hard is the job and any do,s or donts and a brief run through if possibble. also do you no of anywhere that i can get a manual for a c5 other than in french. many thanks

hi all i run three c5 and find them to be very relable all of them 2002 models and all diesels all with 150.000 on the clock and have found them fairly easy to maintain. i served my time as a mechanic many years ago so have a good knowledge of cars but lack of update skills are starting to show when i look at the newer cars. anyway down to buinsess i need to do the clutch on one and would just like to know how hard is the job and any do,s or donts and a brief run through if possibble. also do you no of anywhere that i can get a manual for a c5 other than in french. many thanks