Getting Ready for a Timing Belt Replacement

I've used my engine for more than a year now and it has served me well without any problems aside from the distributor oil leak which I already fixed. I'm the first owner of this engine in the Philippines, and I have no idea how far this engine has traveled in Japan.

So after a year of using it or about 10K kilometers, I'm now getting ready to embark on one of, if not, the most important preventive maintenance procedure in an engine -- TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT. This is done every 70K kilometers.

Since replacing the timing belt requires unbolting the valve cover and removing the timing belt cover, it is also a good idea to replace parts that are connected with the belt you are replacing.

Normally, these parts are the water pump, timing belt tensioner bearing, camshaft and crankshaft oil seals. Optional parts to be installed are new valve cover gasket and an adjustable cam gear.

For my use, I'll stick with the basics by replacing all life limited parts + all the seals and gaskets.

Here are the parts for the VTi's PH16A VTEC engine I bought with its corresponding prices (as I was told, all are compatible with D16A):

1. Timing Belt (Honda Q.Ave) - 14400-P2E-004 - P1,492.29

2. Crankshaft and Crankshaft oil seals (Honda Q.Ave) - 91212-P01-003/91213-PD2-004 - P257.25/P246.51

3. Valve Cover Gasket (Honda Q.Ave) - 12341-P2A-000 - P515.95

4. GMB Water Pump (Levin Auto Parts) - VTi - P1,500

I'm quite worried about the size of the gear. Too tall that I might need to cut the timing belt cover? (UPDATE: Jan 30) - I bought the wrong part! Darn!

5. Koyo Tensioner Bearing (Levin Auto Parts) - VTi - P600

With all these parts, I now have the task to look for a shop to install these for me. Labor for this job ranges from P1,500 to P1,800. 

Hang around until I find one a nice shop to bring Scratchy to and while you're at it, hit the comments if there's something I bought that's not compatible.