don't necessarily take it that no one wants to answer, this is just they're way of encouraging the usage of the search function. And i didn't know this before about the timing belts, but now i do[thumb].
Idlers and belt are the same. The tensioner looks the same but has a different part number. I used a blue gates belt and all Ford for the rest. Also replaced the water pump at the same time to avoid having to duplicate work at a later time.
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