Hi.

My honda has timing belt changed at 2012. It has 12 000 km driven after that.

Should timing belt be changed? Is this an interference engine?

Where can I order correct timing belt with tensioner? And lastly, is here a written up procedure on how to change timing belt?

 

Welcome to the FORUM. Where are you located?

12,000 KM in 10 years? What has this car been doing for all that time -- besides rusting?

You can get 75,000 KM from a timing belt.

Buy a service manual -- easy to get and cheap. This car needs a lot of maintenance. The timing belt is the least of your worries.

 

From Finland. Here are couple of images of the car.




We have here a thing called museum register. If car passes a VERY thorough inspection, then it will be museum registered. Car has to be original, no rust, no accessories other than has been at the factory.

Then you dont have to pay any road taxes. But there is a catch. The car can be driven only 30 days in a year.

So these museum cars see only a little use in a year.

I have haynes honda accord manual. Also I have the original handbook. But they don't state about how old can timing belt be until it must be replaced. Many cars have like 100 000 km or 4 years.

I ordered the belt and tensioner from autodoc.

Tensioner: https://www.autodoc.fi/snr/1927355

Belt: https://www.autodoc.fi/contitech/1210791

I could not find the spring that holds the tensioner. Do I need that also? Are those parts correct?

Just did engine oil and filter, and manual gearbox oil change.

 

I am amazed. Mine in a white 1976 Civic, so I don't know about the parts for your car, but I'm sure the manual will indicate what parts you need. And if you search for old, used parts you can find just about anything. In the US, there are junk yards on-line that make it easy to find anything.

Too bad you can only drive it 30 days a year. How do they know? Is is based on miles on the odometer?

Also, WELCOME TO NATO. I hope Turkey does not mess things up!!!!

 

It is not enforced in anyway. But car has to be inspected to be "roadworthy" every 4 years (yearly for regular cars that are 10 years or older). And the inspector can require a new museum inspection if he/she thinks that the car is no longer museum worthy. And of course if the car has mileage difference of 50 000 km between those checks, that can raise eyebrows.

As there is snow and salt on the roads from october to april, there really is no point in driving the car in those conditions, they WILL rust. so only drive these cars on bright summer days.

Also the 30 day restriction is not connected to the museum status per se, it is connected to the museum insurance, which limits driving days to 30 days a year. The insurance is cheap and is all covering.

Thank you for the nato welcome

Still if anyone knows the answer to my outstanding questions about the parts and the spring and how to swap the timing belt,

 

Hello again. It looks like your car is like mine with a similar belt tensioner -- it is a roller that presses onto the belt. It is connected to a spring-loaded plate. You need the roller, the plate and the spring. If you are missing the plate and the spring these should be availble through junk yards. They are not things that would wear out. Yours is probably the same for other years, such as '79 & 81, but I don't know. You service manual will tell you how to install the tensioner, and set it correctly -- pretty easy.