yea i own a 1982 honda prelude, and recently became very cold here and the door lock actually broke and i now have the piece the key goes into..... my question is how bad is it? where can i get parts to fix it? and about how much will it cost?

 

that shouldn't be too difficult to fix. You will need to replace the whole core, hopefully they are still available... If not, as I remember there is a guy in WA or OR that is parting out a 1st gen on thisoldhonda.org. I have got a few parts off him, good guy to deal with. the fix should be easy for a locksmith, providing you can still get a core.

Is that plastic? I've only seen aluminum ones.

http://www.thisoldhonda.org/ads_detail.php?ID=972

 

yea its plastic, and i went to your link it took me to a guy named Rich whos located in Knoxville TN. what if i buy the door handle and just replace that? wouldnt that end up working or no?

 

I just replaced my lock cylinder on a 94. if you do buy the whole handle take it too the locksmith before installing. they will still have to remove the cylinder from the handle part, however most of the work is done for them. for them to re-key my cylinder was less then $10.

 

yep locksmith can do it for fraction of what you would pay to buy from dealer

 

whoops. Washington, Tennessee.... anyways, if you cannot locate a locksmith that has a core, you could easily swap the handle and lock assy, then have it re-keyed inexpensively.

 

i found a place that has some preludes 80-83 (interchange able ones) and he says if i pull the handle its 35 bucks... how much to have it rekeyed?

 

Take your key with you. You might get lucky and find one that matches your current key.

 

IF you find a lock cylinder just take the tumblers out of your old lock cylinder and put them in the "new" lock cylinder. if you want detailed instructions just pm me, I'm a locksmith.