Frozen belt tensioner ???

nazstang

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hey guys, today i finished up my motor and put it all together, and it got me thinking. they guy i bought it from, had an ac delete bracket fabbed up, and mounted the tensioner there, but the tensioner doesn't do jack-****, it is solid as a rock. the pulley still goes around fine, but there is no spring action at all. the belt is loose right now, and squeels like crazy. i've been through 3 belt in the 4-5K miles i put on her. what do u think, should i get a tighter belt, or do i need a new tensioner. here's a pic of the setup.
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sorry, i don't have my camera right now, tomorrow i'll take a pic tho. the vac line from pass side goes to egr tho.

anyone have any ideas? the belt's sqeel is gonna drive me crazy! i'm just worried that i'll be snapping off. ???