tahts alot of money to spend on a car w. that many miles... B4 my contour i had a 92 tempo the car needed a new clutch after 120,000 miles on the origional.. tehy wanted 600-800 w/ resurfacing the flywheel... its not worth spending alot of money on an old car or high mileage vehicle.. If you can afford 1700 to fix it your probably better off using taht mone towards a used car