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**update**
I bit the bullet and installed a new belt tensioner with pulley. The old tensioner's pulley mounting stub was worn (?). The bearing was fine but there was some wobble to the pulley when mounted on the stub.
I want to pass along an installation hint for the belt tensioner assy.
I tried loosening the nut from around the left side (facing the engine) but there isn't enough room between the nut and the firewall, power steering hoses, etc to get a wrench or ratchet in there. I used a deep-well 15mm socket on a long extension and went from the right side of the engine (over the intake plenum). Watch out for the coil and the plug wires back there but you can get to that mounting nut that way. Once you get the nut loosened a little, you can reach around the left side and take it off with your fingers. Let it rain!
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