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Originally Posted by elemgee

Thanks for the great response and pics. This looks kind of doable. Think I'll give it a try when the weather warms up. The only part I'm not real clear on is use of a vice for the tensioner, but I'll probably figure that out once I get into it.

Larry

Take the tensioner off the motor, put it in a vice, compress it slowly, insert an Allen wrench through the holes, then reinstall it on the motor. You'll be left with what you see in the picture. Once the timing belt is back on the car, you pull out the Allen wrench to reengage the tensioner.