02 Protege Timing belt

[cougar10agREDUX]

All from AdvanceAutoParts.com except where noted.

Your prices may vary depending on where you live. You can order the stuff online at a discount compared to walking into the store, and then you can pick it all up at the store closest to you. If you don't have an advance near you, you can ship it to your house

Timing Belt - Dayco, $30.59
Timing Component kit - Dayco, $80.99
NOTE: Dayco also offers a complete timing kit with the belt and component kit, only problem is it's priced at $165, where as if you buy the belt and component kit separately it's only ~$110
Water Pump, Driveworks, reman, with gasket - $35.99 +10 core charge
GMB, New, - $56.69 (every GMB pump I've seen has a gasket)
Valve Cover Gasket, Felpro, includes grommets - $29.99
Belts - Alt & WP, Dayco $16.99
A/C &P/S, Dayco $17.99

Cam seals, Felpro, two seals, $7.19
Front main Seal, Advance can't get it, rockauto has it for 2.09

rockauto will prolly have everything cheaper but i don't know what brands they sell.

so your looking at $221.82 - $242.52 + tax and/or shipping, depending on what water pump you go with. that amazon kit sounds like it's a GMB pump.

That amazon kit looks good tho, they got some good OEM suppliers listed. Kits like these off amazon, they throw parts from random manufactuers in a box, to keep the price low, so all the kits are going to be different.

 

[cougar10agREDUX]

oh yeah, stay away from autozones duralast trash. i dunno who makes the duralast brand but it's all garbage, especially their sensors. i've talked to people that had duralast stuff s*** out on them quick, not fit, or not even work out of the box... i had two duralast crank sensors that wouldn't allow the car to start. threw on a borg warner sensor from advance and it started right up.

 

[RoloRacer]

thanks for your help guys! I'm trying to stay at the price of that kit or maybe lower, so I guess is a better idea to go your way cougar10, maybe I'll be able to buy everything for around $250, I'll pay a bit more for a new water pump (don't like the sound of reman).

thanks a lot :-D

 

[RoloRacer]

I found the GMB waterpump new for $28.98 at partsgeek.com, I also found the Dayco AC/PS for $13.27 at autopartsexpress.com & the Dayco WP/ALT belt for $6.40 at Rockauto.com but I don't want to get everything from different places 'cause I'm gonna get screwed paying shipping, gonna break down the list and get everything I can locally, and order the stuff that's cheaper online.

 

[RoloRacer]

So tomorrow is the big day! just finished getting almost all of the parts, the only thing I got left is the front main seal and coolant to fill up afterwards.

Thanks to cougar10agREDUX I went ahead an got my stuff thru advance autoparts website and ended up getting a 15% off my total purchase by buying online and picking up at the store. I bought Dayco Timing Belt, Timing Belt component kit, and two Dayco serpentine belts for the wp/alt and ps/ac, and the Felpro valve cover gasket set, and camshaft seals all for $177.00. I went to Pep Boys and got a brand new (not reman) Bosch water pump with hardware for $62.00, now I'm gonna hit Car Quest tomorrow and get the front main seal for $8.00, so without the coolant I got everything for just under $250 bucks! (nana)

I'm a bit nervous but excited about this job tomorrow, wish me luck guys!!!

 

[Rusty]

So tomorrow is the big day! ...I'm a bit nervous but excited about this job tomorrow, wish me luck guys!!!

Sounds like me the day before. Everything went fine.
One of the things that slowed me down was my inadequate collection of metric tools. I went to Lowes and got a Kobalt 3/8" drive long handled ratchet with a swivel head. That helped a lot with the under the car stuff like one of the alternator bolts. The alternator is 100 times easier to deal with if you unbolt the cruise control diaphragm and lay it up under the windshield out of the way. Suddenly it's a piece of cake. None of the how-to articles I read mentioned that. Also picked up a set of metric sockets for my half inch drive and a set of open end wrenches with the swivel head ratchet on the other end. That helped a couple of times when I could only get one click per turn and the space was tight.. You'll be a lot happier if you also have a 1/4" drive set with a long extension too. A piece of painters tape as a grip around the shortest 1/4" extension made putting bolts back in a whole lot easier. But you will need all three sizes of ratchet sets. I already had a good long slim steel spring hook from my copier days. That helps greatly with the tensioner spring.

Before I took off my timing belt I hammered a synthetic rubber wine cork as tight as I could between the cam pulley teeth to hold them in place. The valvespring tension will move them backwards slightly. When I put my belt back on I had to use a ratchet and force the marks to line up right. The, grooves(not the paint on the grooves)on the pulleys should match perfectly; not almost perfectly.

Read this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/582405/Timing_Belt_Water_Pump_Walkthrough.pdf, and save it in your favorites. It's the best how-to I've seen.
The guy wrote it up right. It was my main guide and covers almost everything.

I didn't have any sign of leaking under the cams, so I left those seals alone. I did replace the crank seal. I made a tap-in tool out of a section of PVC the right diameter. I had to bevel the business end because it was a bit to thick, but the seal went in perfectly. It stopped moving when it was flush so I stopped there. That's within the specs.

Good luck. let us know if you get stumped.