Timing Belt DIY 2

[yeroks]

Originally Posted by jackburton Could you or better yet would you by any chance list the respective part numbers? Would be much appreciated. CRANK SEAL...........91212-PLM-A01 TIMING BELT..........14400-PMM-A02 CAM SEAL..............91213-P2F-A01 TENSIONER SET......04145-PLC-315 WATER PUMP..........19200-PLM-A01 P.S. BELT..............56992-PLM-003 A/C BELT................38920-PLR-003 GASKET SET, HEAD COVER (Don't have the part number but here is a link to it on Majestic http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...DER+HEAD+COVER Don't forget some of those plastic bumper clips for the ones that are all scraped up on the splash shield.

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[khmer]

I finished the install today. It took me 2 weeks because I broke the pulley and had to order a new one. I also did a valve adjustment, but it is much noisier. It makes a sputters sound at 2nd gear and 3rd gear. Did I mess up the timing or did I really messed up the valve adjustment. I'm thinking about taking it in to a mechanic to do a valve adjustment. How much would that cost?

[khmer]

Originally Posted by khmer

I finished the install today. It took me 2 weeks because I broke the pulley and had to order a new one. I also did a valve adjustment, but it is much noisier. It makes a sputters sound at 2nd gear and 3rd gear. Did I mess up the timing or did I really messed up the valve adjustment. I'm thinking about taking it in to a mechanic to do a valve adjustment. How much would that cost?

I redid the valve adjustment and it was much quitter. Everything was at tdc. so I think the noise on 2nd gear, from 2000-3000rpm is from an exhaust leak from the engine?

[Cleft_Asunder]

Super DIY! I'm very impressed. I like the video showing proper use of the power built tool. You don't even have to remove the bumper! Fucking ay.

[Fox04coupe]

how much do mechanics charge to do this?

[raj]

I know this is an old post. Hope you still reply. What year was your Civic? What crank holder tool did you buy? The OTC or Powerbuilt?

[d5685090]

I just wanted to add that i am always able to remove the crankshaft bolt easily, especially with my 700 ft per pnd of torque impact gun that i bought for 200 bucks, in my opinion best 200 i've ever spent. very great post tho.

[mjlenz]

I noticed that the parts you guys list aren't genuine Honda parts. Is it a big deal not to use the Honda parts? Any input would be greatly appreciated. If I need to start a different thread I will. Thx!

[tkdtim1226]

I flushed my coolant this weekend and noticed that the drain plug was a 19mm, not 17 as stated in DIY. Can anybody comment on this. Is my car one of a kind or is it more likely a typo. Other than that, bad ass DIY.

[iplayloudly]

This is a great writeup, and I cannot thank you enough. I was kinda scared to tackle this job alone, but this actually made it pretty easy. Took me a total of about 12 hours.

[conarl]

Finished my timing belt yesterday and took a 275mile trip today. No problems runs great. Used the tool with a 20" extention bar with jack and cheater bar no problem. Any one doing this there are two bolts on the end of the motor mount the second one is well hiddden. Had to loosen tensioner bolt and use a screwdriver to push the tensioner enough to get the belt on. And the gaskets the round ones on the inside of the valve cover I had to use channel locks to pop them out. It took me about 7 hours to finish. Thanks for the DIY and there is a youtube video thats real good. Thanks and it's worth my time to say I did it myself.

[chuckd83]

Great post! Some problems I ran into while doing mine:

Additionally, you have to disconnect the 4P electrical connector and unscrew the nut holding a wire on the side of the alternator.

Ok, this mistake cost me $150 (new alternator). I disconnected the electrical connector, but the hot lead (bolt sticking out of the alternator) broke off when I was trying to disconnect it. This is not a bolt - it is a nut. If you put too much force on it trying to get it out, it will break off.

11: Remove the Alternator bracket. The big silver thing the alternator was mounted on that has the studs that the motor mount was connected to needs to come out. 5 bolts, red circles and and arrows for the ones you can't see in the pic.

It took me a while to figure this out, but I think the upper timing cover needs to come off first. I struggled for a while until I took off the upper cover and then the alternator bracket came off easily.

Total of 6 bolts, with one bolt common to both pieces.

With the bolt common to both pieces, this makes it a total of 7 bolts...may need to clarify.

The little keyway of the crank pulley should be pointing straight up, and you'll see a notch on the face (not one of the fingerlike protrusions, an actual scored notch) of the crank pulley at about the 2'o clock position that will line up exactly with an arrow on the metal behind the pulley.

To be at TDC, the most important thing is to match up that scored notch with the arrow - not necessarily the keyway pointing strait up. Consider revising?

Also note the u-shaped pin inside the holes. This should NOT be pulled until you are absolutely sure you've got the timing belt threaded right.

My auto-tensioner did not come with a pin. I had to make one out of a coat hanger.

25: Turn the crank or cam pulleys with a socket counterclockwise a few times to position the timing belt on the rollers.

When I began to turn the cam pulley, the bolt started to unthread. I didn't know what was causing this until later (crankshaft not exactly at TDC since I was referencing the key pointing up), but you may want to put a note describing this situation: if the camshaft pulley bolt starts to unthread something is wrong, etc.

[korndo1284]

Great DIY; i'm looking forward to doing my own soon. Thanks for the TUT.

Whats the name of the girl????!!!!

[jackburton]

I looked over this a couple times, but there is no mention of ABS. Are there any issues with the ABS being the way?

[jackburton]

NM I looked at the DIY book from advanced and it does not say anything about ABS