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Just a note - if you're doing the work yourself, ease aside, the clutch is actually usually cheaper to replace than the starter, given new vs. new components.. rebuilt starters are often much cheaper, and can't be held as a comparison to new clutches.

The only problem is that many times, you have to perform all the steps to replace the starter even if you're changing the clutch, so better to have to replace the starter for the sake of ease. Then again, I drove one of my cars for 5 months with no starter installed... I used to push it and dump the clutch as soon as I got it rolling in 2nd gear to start it, no matter where I was. When I pulled the engine out of that car to put it in my next Civic, the clutch face still had the OEM wear indicator grooves in it, and the clutch was installed in 1991 (the car was a 1988 Honda Civic LX, the original owner "learned" how to drive stick in it.)