What can be done in 3 days? 97 Camry 5S auto 184738km

[Buurin]

What got me thinking is I'm finding oil low and coolant tank empty. Poured in some distilled water (to the coolant tank of course - I'm a piggy not a dummy! ) to tide it over. I'm also planning a switch to Toyota Red. I also find one timing belt cover bolts being hand loose.

I found the timing belt DIY so I'm not looking for the how, but what can/should/must I do along with it with 3 days of the labour day weekend and the next 4 days to get parts.

What has been mentioned to be done along with timing belt:
water pump
oil pump O-ring
front main seal
front camshaft seal

What's usually done as well at 96k KM
ATF/diff drain/fill (I did this once before)
spark plugs
rotate tires
whatever else I can find from Toyota's maintenance menu

Besides oil change and coolant change which will need to be done, over all these things that can be done and the time I'll have available, can I try doing all of these or should I pick my battle assuming I'll finish the job in double the time it takes a shop? What are my priorities?

[JimBowNut]

This may be obvious but I would look hard at the the serpentine belt.

However this can be changed so easily some other time.....but if you r already there, Why not ?

[carsrus]

Just look at the complete kits on ebay. They are well put together. Your gonna have to take the valve cover off to unscrew the cam cap. Don't even try to remove the seal externally. I was just fiddling around and put a small dink in the shaft.

So new valve cover gasket and plug seals.

[Nortonguy]

I found the Lisle 58430 seal removing tool to be a big time saver, it makes seal removal a very simple thing, even when you have limited space to get to the seal. My local auto-parts store had one for me overnight, but in a bigger city someone may stock them.

I bought a really nice kit off of ebay that included all the belts for the engine, the two idler pulleys, entire water pump and housing, cam and crank seal etc. and it was all OEM equipment, free and fast shipping:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CAMRY...item1c1caf8adf

I also did change the engine oil and filter, and I put new platinum spark plugs in the car and new radiator hoses. There is a lot of stuff that can be done on a car but I tried to limit myself to the things that would disable the car. Other things, like changing the plug wires and alternator etc. can always be done very quickly another day one at a time without laying the car up for an extended time. My two cents....