It's a craftsman 6hp max/2hp running, 33 gallons, 150PSI max, single cylinder compressor

sound good enough?

 

Bump for Trust.

 

There's a youtube video that shows a timing belt removal. Its good as an overview but it glosses over many of the details and difficulty to get at and remove a lot of the parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIzcttirhts

 

LOL:
"hey honey, you come to pick up your car? well you're gonna be on youtube now"
"no, you better not"
"UH-OH!"

 

I love how he throws the old parts on the ground and says "you piece of crap". Sounds like a Canadian accent.

Anyways, I'm happy to report I successfully finished the job. It was a lot more work than I anticipated, largely due to it being my first timing belt replacement. It was really scary starting the car and praying I didn't ruin my engine. My body is pretty sore from squatting and bending.

I only made two mistakes; dropping/losing the timing sensor bolt into the engine compartment and over tightening/snapping one of the water pump bolts. I was using a torque wrench but I didn't recognize the click. When its set to low torque its hard to feel the click. No leak so far so I think I adverted disaster.

 

Dang, I too broke off one of the water pump bolts. I should have remembered to warn you about that. I had to jack the engine up and drill the broken bolt out.

 

I think you did warn me. Like I said it was my inexperience with a torque wrench. The problem is that those wrenches are so long they have the ability to apply too much torque. I just didn't feel the click and turned it too far. I probably should have used 1/4" ratchet, the short handle would have prevented me from over torquing the bolt.