theexbrit wrote:Hows your project coming along? Just finishing the water pump, timing belt, tensioner & all other belts replacement on my 96. Don't worry about the AC pipe across the top of the cover, you can get the cover off without the pipe causing a problem. The only problem I had was undoing the 27mm crankshaft pulley bolt. I had to wedge a bar against the body & kick the engine over to loosen it!
Thanks for asking! The project went well, and I did find that I could wiggle the upper TB cover away without messing with the AC line!! I was pretty relieved........
I did the same for the Crank bolt....... I had a breaker bar that I placed on the body near the fender well, and popped the starter. No problem, but I was a little tense after hearing horror stories about bolts not coming loose. Did you use any threadlock on the bolt when you re installed it? Also, I used only Permatex on the thermostat housing, only to find that there was a gasket that came with the kit, after it was all installed. the shop manual did not mention a gasket for the tstat, so I hope it will be okay. no leaks so far.......
I did chicken out on replacing the cam seals and the crank seal......... about half the people I talked to, said, "If they ain't leaking......don't mess with them"............