Well how long would you expect the job to take a good mechanic? It would most likely take me forever and I'd probably mess some stuff up. Not to mention I probably don't have half of the equipment needed to complete the task. I just wanted to know if the flex plate / fly wheel seems like it would be the problem and that $1000 is a reasonable charge for a job like that. The car still shifts fine and I don't feel any power reduction or tranny slippage so I wasn't sure, but it did sound like the sound was coming from below the engine. If the part they order is somewhere between $50-100, could it really take 10-15 hours of labor?
