Thanks for the input, those are the fastest responses I have ever gotten on this board, I guess I touched some nerves, ha ha

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On the water pump with those two octopus arms, it looks like I have to remove some bracket on the brake booster side to get to octo***** arm #1. And it looks like I need to remove my hydraulic tensioner and that smaller toothed gear right underneath camshaft toothed gear to get to octo***** arm #2. Am I correct?
I thought I read from Alfisto that I need to remove the motor mounts and drop / raise the motor -- is that necessary?
Thanks in advance,
Sal in Norcal