Mustangbrad,

It's not too bad, as long as you have the manual, or prints from a web
page to work from. A 17mm _deep_ socket for the motor mount, a tool to
hold the crankshaft pulley (home-made is easy) and a 19mm deep socket
for the crankshaft bolt. If your engine has a complete timing belt in it
already, lining up the timing isn't a big issue. It's not too cryptic.

One trick I learned: the front suspension should hang free (jack the car
by the chassis) or the timing belt cover will be very hard to wrangle
off. Also, you lower the engine a few inches for the same reason.

The Chilton's manual describes how to make the wrench, and I have a
picture of mine. You just need a 'welding buddy' to fabricate it.
Opinions vary about water pump. Our CRV had 200,000km on the pump so I
changed it, but it still looked like you could eat off it. :-)

'Curly'

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Mustangbrad wrote:
> Are these belts a simple job or are they a nasty biatch. I've heard it's a
> four hour job, if you just slip the belts off and on can you screw it up?
> Should I attempt or leave it to the pro's? I have worked on cars my whole
> life, just never a setup with balance shafts and zero clearance.
>
> B
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