Where in Oz are you? I would say from what you describe there's not much doubt a new VFC is in order.

Price is about $50 over the odds if it's a Fichtel Sachs.
It's only a half hour job if you do the clutch only, but if they properly check the rest of the system and install the clutch $150 is not unreasonable.

You can get a Sachs VFC for around $230 from MB Spares in Canberra but postage is still another $15 or so and some workshops do not let customers supply their own parts. For the minor saving involved I would just get them to do it.

Plus there is the warranty issue as well. If it's a dud you just take it back and they take care of it. If you supply the part then you have to get another yourself and end up paying them three times for the same job.

Sometimes it's a no-brainer.

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