I finally finished working on it and it is now all assembled. Test drove it and everything is good. There is one annoying thiung tho, this slight high pitch squeal. I think its just because of the new belts and new tensioner, plus I'm more tune to hearing noises since I just worked on it for 4 days. I'm not to worried about it. It drives smooth, has good torque.

So thank you to everyone who gave me information. You guys do one hell of a good job helping everybody. Thank you very much.

 

Is that crank bolt lefty loosey or reverse threaded? Itkenbo says it's reverse threaded, but the link says it's not.

 

Yeah the crank bolt is LEFTY LOOSEY. You'll need aimpact wrench that can do about 1600 ft-lbs ( sounds high but we I used a 210 ft-lb impact gun and it didn't budge ). If you dont have one of those use a 1-1/2 ft breaker bar and you'll need to buy a special honda/acura part ( availible at carquest its about $46 but its well worth it. it keeps the engine from turning over when your wrenching on it ) that sits in the crank pulley with another breaker bar attached and I used my foot to push against the bar to break the bolts free. After your all done you'll need a toque wrench or impact wrench set to about 140 ft-lbs, you'll have to sit facing the front of the car and pull really hard. Good luck. Hope you get it the first try.

 

It's conventional right hand thread, like nearly all bolts, light bulbs, jar lids, etc. Turn counterclockwise to loosen.

 

if your removing you crank pulley,, you need to remove your tranny "dust cover" and hold a breaker bar on your flywheel ... and it will come right off

 

Don't mess with the tranny. Just buy the special honda acura part. It'll save you time and parts in the long run. The part looks like this:

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