The clutch went out on my old Ford SD, believe it or not the local Ford dealer was more than competitive on the replacement. Also had a hard starting issue, figured it was the glow plugs/controller/harness/valve cover gasket so I asked them to look at it. They called today wanting to do a compression check as the glow plug system all checked out okay.

I like this old truck, I've had it since 01. It has been nothing but reliable and is still in pretty decent shape for being 21 years old. I figure I have two choices fix the clutch and sell it while it's still running, or fix it and run it till I can't put the wheels back on. I'm just trying to figure out if putting anywhere from $8-10K into it should be considered.