Beagle..t, you went overboard and kept the A/C, which then necessitates recharging it.  Weather hear has been to good to run with the top on.  Now that yours is almost running by the time you get the A/C recharged you will need the top on and not the A/C.  (And I would get the A/C done before road miles.)
Dirtstr, did the tensioner break?  I would just get one from salvage yard (your idea).  I ended up making my PS pump bracket, which replaced the A/C bracket.  But that is a lot of work getting it aligned correctly.  I have a 95 motor setting on garage floor, but it did not have A/C.  
Good luck on your search.