Ok so I was origianally going to buy the parts from a local honda breaker to do my manual conversion but started to look around on fleabay and the likes to see if I could get a whole donor car for the job. I found plenty of 1.4s and 1.5s which would be ok for the parts but would still need to deal with the ecu. then found a 1.6 going with same engine, same year etc baisically just the manual version of what I have allready but in black, which I prefer, perfect. So I put a bid In and won it at 175 gold coins.
I havnt seen the car in person yet so Im not entirely sure what ive bought but the chap seems genuine enough and says the car only needs the front pads changing, which hes supplying with the car, and should pass an MOT no problem. Im sure weve all heard something along these lines before but for what im paying for the car It doesnt really matter either way.
Anyway that got me to thinking I may aswell give it a go and book it in for an MOT then I can drive it back from collecting it and take it straight to a test centre local to myself and if it passes or needs very little work to pass and Im happy with the way it drives Il keep that one an use my auto for spare parts.
It makes sense to do It that way and it saves using my week off work I have coming up to swap the gearboxes over and all the rest of the work that comes along with it.
Ive made the arrangements to collect the car for the end of next week so if all goes well (famous last words haha) I could be driving a black MB4 with a gearbox I have control of and il just swap a few of my parts off the auto onto it, exhaust, steering wheel etc.
heres a few pics that I have of the car so far.