Would like to know your timing belt experiences

[pocket-rocket]

Ebay, and it can vary.

[Schurkey]

OTC sells the timing belt tools separately as p/n 6045; they're readily available but expensive. Be careful who you buy through, there's a wide range of pricing.
For example: http://www.amazon.com/OTC-KIT-DOHC-T...5529406&sr=1-3

or

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/ItemDisplay.cfm?lookup=OTC6045

But, yeah, I got the entire kit of 3.4 DOHC tools from eBay; and while I don't remember the price, it was WAY LESS than buying the OTC 6045 set.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

ive looked at some kits on Egay and found prices ranging from 150 - 500 with conditions ranging from excelent to missing pieces. how the hell do you lose pieces to a specialty tool?

[Schurkey]

how the hell do you lose pieces to a specialty tool?

That's REALLY EASY.

The guy USING the tools isn't the guy who has to BUY the tools. So "who cares" if I don't put the tools away properly?

This stuff is coming from closed-down dealerships--or dealerships that are unloading the broken and missing sets 'cause they either don't want to do that work anymore or they've bought new, complete sets.