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Message: <blockquote data-quote="glittle75" data-source="post: 533518" data-attributes="member: 8675">try this, take the curved guide off, then un-bolt the tensioner again. put your tensioner in a vise, or C-Clamp if you have one, and clamp the piston on it into the housing, so if you put it in, there would be no tension. now, theres a little "foot" looking piece on the tensioner too, right beside the piston, turn it side to side a little while your clamping the piston down, and it will 'click' its way down into the housing also. once its all the way down and straight on the piston again, grab your self a decent sized paper clip. unbend it and stick one end into the SMALLEST hole on the front of the tensioner. it will hold that little 'foot' shaped plunger, in turn hodling the piston down. now, with the paper clip collapsing the tensioner, install it back on the engine. put your guide back in, and put the chain on over the cam gear. line the timing marks up on your chain and gears. get the socket for the cam gear and a breaker bar or socket wrench. hold it in place, and pull the paper clip out. the tensioner will pop back out and apply tension. double check yor timing marks again, then move to the other side.</blockquote>