Was finally able to get to the lbs this weekend and picked up the freewheel, chain, tensioner, and suntour tool. (chain snapped on fri in the middle of rush hour traffic, couple scrapes, bruises, and a bent ego but alls well). The freewheel wasn't too hard to get off with a little muscle and the only things i forgot to get were a chain breaker (used to have one but misplaced it), lube, and a small bit of shifter cable. The guys there were nice enough to give me an old SRAM Force rear derailleur for the chain tensioner which I found out isn't a bad deal. Ill need the bit of shifter cable to secure the derailleur into the position I want to keep it in. The chain line actually ended up being pretty straight so we're good to go there as well.

Thanks again for all the help guys...was seriously invaluable to me.