On 11/3/03 11:31 PM, in article w86dncsUl6DnpTqiRVn-gg@comcast.com, "Kofi
Anim-Appiah" <partialresponse@comcast.net> wrote:

> For those that have done this work personally, was the lower timing cover a
> real pain to remove or was there some anomaly with my engine? I really
> struggled to get it off after removing all the screws. Eventually I lost it
> and just forced it out from the bottom...partially cracking it. There just
> doesn't seem to be enough clearance.
>
> Maybe I'm just used to Toyota longitudinally-mounted inline sixes? But this
> timing belt job was *far* more difficult to do than that on my supra!
>
> Comments?
>
> Kofi
>
>
>
Had the same problem with the '96 Odyssey (which is built on the Accord
chassis). The secret there was to remove the brace that runs from the front
of the frame to the suspension across that space. It was not in the Helms
manual. I found out you have to remove it from an accommodating Honda
dealer. Hondas are far and away the most difficult vehicles to change
timing belts on that I have encountered.