The dust caps were a good call, the old one on the tensioner shattered on removal.

I don't know if I needed to, but I removed the radiator to get more working room. It wasn't really that tough, plus I got to replace the coolant with MB orange. Some of the bolts were pretty frozen, but the PB buster came through.

The bearings on the tensioner were really pretty fried- lots of grinding and play. The pulley itself had only a minimum of play, but the running surface was scored.

All in all I felt like superman.

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