In article <44650050.DC203553@interbaun.com>,
"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote:

> Mike R wrote:
> >
> > Last October while driving, the oil warning light illuminated. Long
> > story short, the engine dumped most of the oil within a very short
> > period.
> <SNIP>
> > Any pearls of wisdom is appreciated here.....Thanks
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> Make sure to have a 17 mm deep socket at hand for the motor mount, and a
> good manual. It sounds like you've got the skills you need. There are
> some posts you can search at odyclub.com, but little depth. Exploded
> views at www.slhondaparts.com are helpful too, and of course you need
> the tool for holding the crankshaft pulley mentioned here
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/crankbolthextool.html unless you have
> good air tools.
>
> Sorry I don't know about the seals, only done the TB and pump a few
> times.
>
> 'Curly'

Thanks Curly,

I already have the crank bolt off. I have the Schley crank pulley holder
(50mm hex) used prior on the Civic and now this Accord. I guess I got my
money's worth thus far from this tool. I also have a 17/19 mm deep
impact sockets (no air gun). Basically I've got everything disassembled
including both upper and lower timing belt covers. And just like I
figured, the b/s seal was dislodged from the bore and no retainer. So
there ya go. I'm currently putting a parts list together including a
seal press on tool either from the dealer (by Kawa Seiki) or possibly
from a company called Sir Tools at: http://www.sirtools.com/asian.htm
I have a good friend at the Honda dealership parts department, who not
only gives me a great price (and believe me, he does) but ships to my
house free of charge!!! God I hope he still works there.

I have the Helms shop manual, but honestly, the tech writers could have
done a better job IMO. Luckily, there was someone on the net that did a
pretty comprehensive illustration on a 2.2L timing/balancer job. I'm
glad I downloaded it a couple of years ago, because it's no longer
there. You can really screw up mis-aligning the rear balancer timing
among other things. The weather here hasn't been the most cooperative
and it's no fun doing this on a gravel driveway :-0. Maybe I'll take
some pictures if I have the time. Thanks again for chiming in...

--
Mike

92LX Accord
95EX Civic Cpe
00TL Acura