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RE: Crankshaft pulley bolt - DON'T USE A STRAP WRENCH!! - 8/19/2007 6:16:36 PM    rugrat Posts: 25 Score: 0 Joined: 7/6/2007 Status: offline From noon to 7pm today with no rain. Got all but the skirt put back on and pulled it forward in the parking space. Tomorrow I'll finish the fine tuning and road test and get back to you guys. I did do things a little different so tomorrow I'll know whether or not everything panned out. Fingers crossed, Tom _____________________________ '91 Accord EX 4cyl 2.2l w/ custom bondo timing cover,..uh,...make that melted plastic timing cover (in reply to rugrat) Post #: 46

RE: Crankshaft pulley bolt - DON'T USE A STRAP WRENCH!! - 8/19/2007 8:27:15 PM    dcsmith   Posts: 27 Score: 0 Joined: 2/4/2007 Status: offline I hope every thing pans out.  I have found some pleasure reading your posts.  You might consider writing short stories.  You are pretty good at it. I find it interesting, in a way, you talking of working between rain events.  We have rarely had rain since before spring here in Georgia. _____________________________ 2000 Accord EX 4cyl. VTEC, Automatic Trans. (in reply to rugrat) Post #: 47

RE: Crankshaft pulley bolt - DON'T USE A STRAP WRENCH!! - 8/19/2007 11:12:50 PM    rugrat Posts: 25 Score: 0 Joined: 7/6/2007 Status: offline    Aint that the way it is,...feast or famine. Personally I prefer the middle of the road,(but then I'm not driving,..uhm,...figuratively or literally). I have a cousin in Georgia who says the same. We're flooding here in Texas and you guys are prayin' for rain.   And thanks for the compliment. Never really considered writing for a living before. And I can't help but imagine someone's goin' "Oh noooo,...don't encourage him!?" I always drew a blank when it came to writing class. I won't be givin' up my day job though. Uh, if I had one I wouldn't give it up .   The car was screechin' a bit when I started it up, but I haven't tightened the pulley to torque yet or the other belts. The "special" tool barely seated in the pulley and I didn't want to throw the timing off by accidentally rotating it clockwise. In the morning I'll pull it closer to the laundry room, (it's close enough, I may just push it), and use the electric impact on it and then adjust the belts. Hoping that'll stop the noise.    I can't thank you guys enough. You're doing a real service here at the forum. I haven't even had the time to play with the camera yet but when I'm done I'll include some photos along with the "story". It's about a "comedy of errors". Talk2yalater, Tom _____________________________ '91 Accord EX 4cyl 2.2l w/ custom bondo timing cover,..uh,...make that melted plastic timing cover (in reply to dcsmith) Post #: 48

RE: Crankshaft pulley bolt - DON'T USE A STRAP WRENCH!! - 8/20/2007 5:30:41 PM    rugrat Posts: 25 Score: 0 Joined: 7/6/2007 Status: offline    Heh heh heh,..if somebody was tellin' me this story I'd be sayin' "Wahhh,..wahhh" Chilton's has all there AC info on one page. Section 1, page 20. It doesn't say "Wahhh" but it might as well, "...should not be serviced by the do-it-yourselfer..." I used two extension cords to plug in an air compressor and air up the right front tire. Then used the electric impact to tighten the crankshaft bolt. Adjusted the alternator belt and power steering belt and fired it up. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEeeeeEeeeeee! Ear piercing. Sprayed a little Liquid Wrench on the pulley axles while running to see if it'd shutup. Nope. Turnd the steering wheel a little and it got quiet. Not sure why though. I pulled around to visitor's parking and it really does run a lot smoother. I did the oil change and used the duralube and added seafoam to the tank and I'm sure that helped. The steering wheel doesn't shake when idling now. Part of my brain is saying "Uh-oh,... something's not right". I'm out of the shade and puttin' the skirt back on and, wouldn't you know, it starts to rain. 90-something degrees and the concrete's sizzling hot and I'm being blinded by the sun and it starts raining. Didn't rain much, just enough to get everything nice and steamy. I guess the biggest difference in the way I did this job was that I only raised the driver's side of the car. So I actually got away with using just one jack stand. I may not have gotten the clearance that two would have given me, but right where the jack and the stand go on the passenger's side is a 5 inch square beam that supports the catwalk I'm parked under. I had to stop at one point and go get a 17mm deep socket for the motor mount. The timing cover was a pain to get off even with the clearance. The auxillary shafts seal retainer is held in place by a screw outside of the cover and my 3/8" drive 10mm socket wouldn't go on it because of the wall it's next to. My wrench would only go on at one angle and it rounded the head on the first turn. Finally I tried a 1/4" drive 10mm socket and that did the trick. The lower radiator hose was my other option for draining the block,(read that somewhere), but that looked like a pain to remove because there's so little clearance. I could see fightin' to get that hose back on for way too long. You can't get your hands on it. It's like some bitter ex-wife got to help design this car knowing her ex-husband, the mechanic, would have to work on it. After the water pump came off I got to lay in anti-freeze to finish the job.   I drove to Blockbuster to return some videos and it runs great,...except when I turn on the AC. That's when the screeching starts. Someone had an accident at the corner recently and the remains are piled in the median. I was soo tempted to take pictures and post them here with,.."these fell off, but it runs great!" I'm just exhausted though. I came home, layed down and passed right out. I tried to post a "funny accident" a while back and lost it to a bad internet connection. The "story" about this crankshaft pulley is probably better told under a different section,(leisure reading). I'll visit the mechanic here soon and see what he thinks, but I suspect the AC bearings may be the culprit. I could get a shorter belt to save the balancer,(thinkin' outloud), rather than replace another balancer. If I end up replacing the compressor or clutch or whatever else I'll start a new thread as this ones well done. Wasn't expecting a sequel though,...!@#!?! The car's running great, wouldn't of tried it without ya'll, you're priceless, Tom < Message edited by rugrat -- 8/20/2007 7:21:43 PM > _____________________________ '91 Accord EX 4cyl 2.2l w/ custom bondo timing cover,..uh,...make that melted plastic timing cover (in reply to rugrat) Post #: 49

RE: Crankshaft pulley bolt - DON'T USE A STRAP WRENCH!! - 8/20/2007 8:20:49 PM    Tony1M   Posts: 573 Score: 0 Joined: 12/25/2005 Status: offline Congratulations, Tom.  _____________________________ Tony 1992 Accord LX, 4AT, 4 dr, no AC, no power anything (in reply to rugrat) Post #: 50

RE: Crankshaft pulley bolt - DON'T USE A STRAP WRENCH!! - 8/23/2007 8:23:26 PM    rugrat Posts: 25 Score: 0 Joined: 7/6/2007 Status: offline Thanks Tony,...not tryin' to get the last word in here, but I found an about.com forum question from 2003. The guy had a '90 Honda Accord and did $2000 dollars worth of work on it, (same job you just walked me through), and his AC compressor was screamin' like mine and he wanted to know how much trouble replacing the compressor clutch would be,(sound familiar?). Most of the responses said,.."You'd be surprised how tight those belts are supposed to be." The last guy to respond said to spray the compressor,(with the engine off), with brake cleaner and use a sticky belt dressing on the belt and pulleys.   I tried this first and it worked! Not only is it responsive but it finally quit screamin' when I run the AC. The guy said it had worked for him for a hundred thousand miles. He also said don't use too much belt dressing because the engine won't start. Found that a little hard to believe but, so long as it works, I'm a happy camper. The sequel's been cancelled,...Thanks again, Tom/rugrat _____________________________ '91 Accord EX 4cyl 2.2l w/ custom bondo timing cover,..uh,...make that melted plastic timing cover (in reply to Tony1M) Post #: 51

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