Timing belt/water pump kits on ebay

[motorollow]

These kits are selling for around $100-115 shipped. Are these worth buying?

[Darron65]

Good question. That's on my off-season to do list. I haven't seen the listings but I'd very suspicious of something priced that cheap. What's the catch?

[motorollow]

Good question. That's on my off-season to do list. I haven't seen the listings but I'd very suspicious of something priced that cheap. What's the catch?

The kit I am looking at says most of the parts are made in Japan by GSM, but I do not know how good they are. I started looking at ebay for these parts because I saw a post on miata.net that said some people had these kits and were happy with them. Any input from others would be appreciated.

[sammm]

What is the savings vs. OEM parts?

[Titus]

I seem to recall a thread on the pointy board a while back that generally praised the ebay Timing belt/water pump kits as being an acceptable substitute to OEM and a good price. Then again, it could have been a dream. My dreams have been pretty vivid lately.

[jrj512]

My dreams have been about Vivid lately.

You're dreaming about POS Racing's wife?!?! I hear he's into swinging now, so...

[POS Racing]

I seem to recall a thread on the pointy board a while back that generally praised the ebay Timing belt/water pump kits as being an acceptable substitute to OEM and a good price. Then again, it could have been a dream. My dreams have been pretty vivid lately.

You're dreaming about POS Racing's wife?!?! I hear he's into swinging now, so...

You two stay away from my wife!

[motorollow]

I just talked to Trussville Mazda's parts dept. and they said they will not sell the OEM remanufactured water pumps for 90-93 because they are a piece of junk. I will probably buy the ebay kit with the new water pump.

[POS Racing]

I just talked to Trussville Mazda's parts dept.

So what was Trussville's price for the same parts??

[channelmaniac]

What's all included?

If it's just a TB and WP then no... if it includes the thermostat, thermostat gasket, idler pulley, and tensioner pulley then yes.

Bonus points if it includes the valve cover gasket or CAS o-ring.

RJ

[Titus]

What's all included?

If it's just a TB and WP then no... if it includes the thermostat, thermostat gasket, idler pulley, and tensioner pulley then yes.

Bonus points if it includes the valve cover gasket or CAS o-ring.

RJ

There are a lot of different ones out there at different prices that contain different things. I was considering this one for a refrest of my 1.8 donor engine. It includes:

• One New GMB Water Pump (Made In Japan)
• Two Water Pump Gaskets
• One Water Pump Mounting Washer
• One Timing Belt
• One GMB Timing Belt Tensioner (Made In Japan)
• One GMB Timing Belt Idler (Made In Japan)
• One Front Crankshaft Seal
• Two Camshaft Seals
• One Valve Cover Gasket Set

Not bad for $120 shipped.

[motorollow]

What's all included?

If it's just a TB and WP then no... if it includes the thermostat, thermostat gasket, idler pulley, and tensioner pulley then yes.

Bonus points if it includes the valve cover gasket or CAS o-ring.

RJ

The ebay kit for $100 + $15 shipping includes

• One New GMB Water Pump (Made In Japan)
• Two Water Pump Gasket
• One Water Pump O-Ring
• One Timing Belt
• One GMB Timing Belt Tensioner (Made In Japan)
• One GMB Timing Belt Idler (Made In Japan)
• One Front Crankshaft Seal
• Two Camshaft Seals
• One Valve Cover Gasket Set

The Trussville Mazda kit for $92.48 + shipping only includes:

One Timing Belt
One Timing Belt Tensioner
One Front Crankshaft Seal
Two Camshaft Seals
One Valve Cover Gasket Set


The thermostat and CAS o-ring are not included on either kit.

[Rogue]

It includes:

• One New GMB Water Pump (Made In Japan)
• Two Water Pump Gaskets
• One Water Pump Mounting Washer
• One Timing Belt
• One GMB Timing Belt Tensioner (Made In Japan)
• One GMB Timing Belt Idler (Made In Japan)
• One Front Crankshaft Seal
• Two Camshaft Seals
• One Valve Cover Gasket Set

Not bad for $120 shipped.

That is a smoking deal!
The idlers alone are $100 oem.
I hope the smokin is not your car!

I like OEM from Trussville, and have only had one throw out bearing that wasn't up to snuff.
If there is a problem, you can call Marshall.

[Darron65]

To the top!!

Motorollow, how did your timing belt project go?

[motorollow]

I have not started the project because I thought about selling my car. Now, my wife wants me to keep the car for awhile so i will start putting some more $$ into it. I have been driving it daily to work.

[driftdevil]

I used the ebay kit on my 1.8 rebuild and have had not problems with it.

[Titus]

Got one for Christmas... All looks good, parts are GMB brand.

[Jeff_nc]

My brother and I put one of these kits on his Miata a few months back, and his car hasn't had any problems.

[jrj512]

So, Darron65, the off-season is almost over. Are you gonna take the plunge?

[black roadster]

I have not started the project because I thought about selling my car. Now, my wife wants me to keep the car for awhile so i will start putting some more $$ into it. I have been driving it daily to work.

Motorollow after he told his wife he wanted to sell his Miata for a newer one. --> <-- Mrs. Motorollow



Mottorollow thinking about the dream of a nice clean 1.8 --><-- Mrs. Motorollow