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Clutch/Radiator cost to replace?
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:05 pm
by Lukas1
Hey guys, well bought my Prelude, everything is dandy, drive about 10 miles and the needle starts to creep, stop car to look and boom, leaking by the radiator. A lot of swearing and I gingerly creep back home and on the way, put it in gear, crunching noise, push the clutch down, not noise, dab the throttle in neutral, no noise so think the release bearing is shagged.
Any idea on the cost of the parts for the above and how much I will pay roughly at a garage - ie how many hours?
Thanks
Lukas
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:13 pm
by Merlin
I have no idea on the clutch but the radiator is a piece of body lemonade. £43 for a new rad and will take about 30-45 mins to swap over, refill and bleed
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-ACCORD- ... 416303bec0
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:23 pm
by Lukas1
Cheers Merlin, have seen the clutch kits for about £80ish online so just need to work out the labour for that
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:46 pm
by Ted
clutch is 4.5 hours according to autodata
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:56 pm
by Lukas1
S*************T
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:57 pm
by Ted
in real life things tend to take longer than the book time
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:01 pm
by Lukas1
Thanks for that
lol
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:07 pm
by lxstuart
No, 4.5 hours to fit a clutch sounds about right.
But then you've got to put everything back on the car
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:40 pm
by Lukas1
Jesus is it that complicated on a Prelude?!?!?!
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:22 pm
by jozefsan
its bit fiddly job