New 5th Gen Owner

Matt251287 · Post by **Matt251287** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 1:45 pm

Hello, name's Matt from south London currently living in Oxford, been a lurker here since I bought my 5th gen a couple months ago!

Shamefully it's an automatic, but I aim to change that, and it was going for just £400 since it needed a new PS cooler pipe, I managed to get a company called MF Hydraulics to make me a (much easier to fit) copy for just £50 and here we are!

Here's the pipe

And here's the 'lude with A1ex's old Motegi wheels fitted!

I want to start gathering parts for a Manual conversion around January, biggest obstacle right now is needing something else to drive while the Prelude is off the road for a week (assuming ample time for jobby to go wrong =P )

Will make a thread of the work when it goes ahead if people are interested!

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:24 pm

That's a decent price for getting a place to make a replacement up.
I'm trying to find a hydraulic place near me that will copy the hoses for a 4th gen (they're different to a 5th).
Drawn a blank so far, but will keep on it and aiming to offer a group buy.

Lude looks smart, fair play on going for a manual conversion.

mills · Post by **mills** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:50 pm

Welcome to LG bud

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:50 pm

welcome in buddy

Matt251287 · Post by **Matt251287** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:33 pm

wurlycorner wrote:

but will keep on it and aiming to offer a group buy.

I keep thinking I should have asked him to make a few of them to sell on, most 5th Gens I've seen the cooler pipe is in a pretty far-gone state of corrosion, I wonder if peeps on the forum would be interested...

Am I right in thinking that on the 4th gen one the 'D' part can be removed separately? I remember seeing a drawing of an alternate layout

Thanks for the welcomes guys!

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:41 pm

Hi and welcome

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:48 pm

On the 4th gen, the oil cooler bit (the 'D' or 'U') bit is bigger and finned (on most, some are un-finned) and can be seperated yep.

But the hoses/pipe lines are also very different in the bay, yep Hardy and I were comparing them at Mimms (we know how to live, huh?

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Post by **rob quilter** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:47 pm

Welcome to LG.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:04 pm

Welcome to LG.

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:53 pm

Hi, welcome to LG

Think @4thgenphilis selling the bits needed for a manual conversion??