deafsmogtech
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Hi, I pick up my son's 2003 Honda Civic last Sunday for timing belt replacement. My son told me about week ago, he heard strange noise from the engine, can't explain what kind of noises, if you depress clutch pedal little then noise went away. Sounds like bad throw out bearing or pilot bearing. Anyway, I ordered the major timing belt kit that come with new water pump, timing belt, tensioner, valve cover gasket, thermostat and hardware last Friday then collect my tools from toolbox afterwork(end of Saturday day, got 3 day offs, Mon-Tue-Wed). Last Tuesday, I replaced the rest of the new parts includes cam/crank seals too. One big frustration is a tensioner bolt got stripped inside female threaded hole when I tighten it about 25 ft lbs, says oh f---. I went to my work to pick up Heli-coil repair kit from my toolbox, heading back to my house to fix stripped thread hole, cost me about 3 hours in trip time and repair stripped thread hole alone. I'm luck cuz I have good surgical tools in my garage. With Heli-coil installed I tighten a bolt to about 30 ft lbs (I didn't use my torque wrench). I call it a day. Next morning (Wed), I filled a radiator with Genuine Honda Anti-Freeze coolant, drive around the block, looks fine. Next weekend, I will change new clutch plate assy.
Prior to new timing belt replacement, this car is about 102K miles on it.
The rest of the parts cost me $196.33
Here is part breakdown:
T-Belt Kit w/Water pump...............$132.19
Valve Cover Gasket.......................$19.34
Thermostat w/gasket.....................$16.39
Genuine Honda Anti-Freeze coolant $ 15.38 a gallon
Cam/Crank seals..........................$13.03
No labor include
Prior to new timing belt replacement, this car is about 102K miles on it.
The rest of the parts cost me $196.33
Here is part breakdown:
T-Belt Kit w/Water pump...............$132.19
Valve Cover Gasket.......................$19.34
Thermostat w/gasket.....................$16.39
Genuine Honda Anti-Freeze coolant $ 15.38 a gallon
Cam/Crank seals..........................$13.03
No labor include