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Originally Posted by duckman028
I do have a garage but I never worked on dohc before. I will give it a try and figure out what tools I will need along the way...
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Buy a Haynes Manual if you don't have one already. The book walks you through step by step. It's really not too hard.
You will have to take off 3 motor mounts (front and 2 sides) so you can lower the motor on a jack a little. Helps a lot with taking off the crank pulley and some timing belt components
The next question is... has the car ever had a timing belt change before? It's recommend to do the oil pump and water pump every 60k-80k miles. And since you're in there... it's just easier. It's also good to replace the timing belt tensioner pulley and the other TB pulley.
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I forgot to add...
-make sure you buy an OEM timing belt and pulleys (preferred from the dealer)
-Buy new head bolts
-Buy new head gasket if existing one shows damage