manual conversion

Post by **Donald** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:11 pm

I have a gear stick surround you can have for cost of postage

It's a start!

craig_jdm · Post by **craig_jdm** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:15 pm

I will pm you tomorrow cheers man

ziyaan · Post by **ziyaan** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:33 pm

you can do it, support the pedal from the top

Post by **cebul** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:11 pm

I'm breaking an manual 5th gen, engine and gear box sold, but rest of the manual conversion is still here and it;s for sale.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:28 pm

i have a m2b4 lsd box aswell if you want to do it right.

craig_jdm · Post by **craig_jdm** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:27 am

I won't be doing it right away more I need to sort out pre conversion but I maybe coming to you both for prices soon

SiR Si · Post by **SiR Si** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:10 pm

craig_jdm wrote:Cheers man I think it's just a donor car job then for ease

I would agree that that is the best way to do it. I used a 4th gen donor car, gear box, drive,shafts, pedals, are all interchangeable, there was only a few small things that I needed to get from a 5th gen.

Off the top of my head, I think the engine mount for the gearbox on the offside are different 4th to 5th gen, I used the chassis half from the 5th gen auto and the gearbox side from the 4th gen manual, with a washer or two.

I definitely also needed the 5th gen manual gear surround as the 4th gen is completely different.

Also the gear select cables and shifter mechanism are different however, as long as you use 4th gen shifter and cables as a set, it can be modified slightly to fit a 5th gen. Which is what I did, it is just a case of drilling a couple of holes for the base of the 4th gen shifter. I'm pretty sure there is a write up of this on one of the US prelude sites

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:22 pm

Or you could just give him a hand doing his Si?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:52 pm

I called round loads of scrappies when I did mine, and managed to get nearly all the parts I needed including gearbox for £175, much cheaper than a donor car would have cost me, it's worth spending a few hours work to see if you can get a good deal.

craig_jdm · Post by **craig_jdm** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:19 pm

Yeh it's abit away before I start even building up bits just wanted to know it was nice and doable