OK, all adjusted (I hope). Had a set of the crooked wrenches and the thing to hold the top of the spring but didn't need it. The car runs about the same which is actually good since it runs well anyway. An interesting piece of luck, my 7/8ths wrench on the power steering pump bolt was enough to turn the engine for the adjustment. Maybe the belt is too tight? regardless, it's a lot easier this way for an old goat who doesn't want to have to jump up and down turning the motor. Not having to remove the fan probably saved me an hour or more too. 7 hours, start to finish with a second trip through the adjustment procedure to be sure. Essentially what I did was point the lobe at the metal bar that goes across the cam shaft mounting assemblies, seems to have worked OK. My car's a pretty ugly lump but I've been surprised that from a mechanical point of view whoever owned it before took care of the maintenance. Flushed the brakes and the fluid wasn't really all that bad looking. I need to give a lot of credit to www.pindelski.com (thomasapin here I think). The site, the procedures are so clear even a moron like me can tackle a "big" job and not screw it up. Thank you, and thank you group.