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This is a great overall video of not only the tensioner but anything having to do with servicing these wonderful motors. Like in the video, motor oil is used to top off the tensioner. There is a rubber plug that gives access to filling it. The video explains what is acceptable for the tensioner to be at as far as specs to be considered reusable. You'll have to skip forward a bit to find the appropriate sections of information. Hope this helps!

As Jiggity stated those tensioners are now made of *unobtanium*, you would have to service yours & reuse it.

Not really. But lots of good info there. I found these that are really close....but not exactly what was original.

true. if you really want to wiggle you can leave the m/c in place. i was able to get the dohc out by about 1/8" with trans attached out the top. true, power steering pressure line is engine specific. the return would probably work but not totally sure.

You could also pull the brake master and dunk the thing in through the top Also probably need to swap power steering lines over.

real answer: drop the engine/trans/engine harness as a unit on the cradle. bolt it up under the lumina and plug the engine harness into the firewall(c100 connector). turn key and go. things that will need changed: heater hoses flexible fuel lines from rail to hard line exhaust downpipe to cat radiator hoses possibly throttle cable passenger side cv axle it's extremely straightforward, gen1 w bodies are so plug and play stuff is simple. the only reason i suggest cradle is because it's pretty easy to just drop the whole deal and leave the rack/struts hang on the car.