Originally posted by btrautman:
The idler pulley that I went to get at O'Reilly's did not match up with what I had.



If was slightly bigger, that's a good thing. Ford updated the idler pulley sometime after '98 which included beefier bearings. Both of my cars have had grinding that was fixed by replacing that pulley, and according to Ford, the updates should prevent the problem from returning.

Beer is my Gatorade. Hooray Beer. '98 "Sport" Pacific Green '98 E0 SVT Silver Frost Pictures