Hi Friends. I've got an '81 Accord Hatchback that I bought as a commuter (and for sentimental reasons) a couple of years ago. I learned to drive on an '82 Civic that was pretty much new at the time, and a '79 Corolla, so I always had a soft-spot for tiny, reliable, zippy little Japanese cars. The first car I owned was an '82 Accord 4-Door, and that really cemented my love for these cars. So when I found a craigslist ad for the car I have now at $500 and saw how clean and solid it looked in the pics, I jumped at it. Was priced so low cause it wasn't running, but the fix was just an ignition control module which I bought at a junk-yard took with me to the seller's site. I installed it in 10 minutes and it fired right up and it's been great ever since.
Sadly, the timing belt broke last week. I didn't know what the problem was till after replacing plugs, wires, cap, rotor, coil. Then by chance I had my daughter turn it over while the cap was off and noticed the rotor was not turning.
So anyway, here I am. I was told by a local Honda guy that because the car was idling in neutral when the belt broke, things may not be that bad. He said just change out the belt and see where you're at, simple. Except I don't have an impact wrench and I can't secure the pulley in order to turn the bolt. As I'm sure everyone here knows, the pulley is on the driver's side so the trick with the starter won't work, and the holes in the pulley are angled, so the tricks with the plumbing parts (flange attached to the pulley) don't seem to want to work either.
I am almost ready to rent the compressor and impact wrench unless anyone knows the magic solution to this problem, would love to hear suggestions.
Thanks a million.
Dave
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