Ford part numbers?

[E150GT]

I am trying to figure out if my truck indeed has the original serpentine belt at 251k miles. The part number on the belt starts with F5TE. That would seem to indicate it’s 1995. But did ford change the part number slightly when a new year rolled around? Or did they just keep on trucking with the same part number?

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

I'm sure Ford got a better https://www.google.com/search?q=light+bu..._epfj-DWZAAnsM: idea since then and a new Ford serpentine belt isn't going to last that long.

 

[DuckRyder]

They don’t change the part number every year... it might have a date code on it though...

 

[bdcardinal]

That is still a current part number. That engineering number translates to E8TZ-8620-T or a more common short number of JK6-984B which is a 6 rib that is 98.4" long.

EDIT: by "current" I mean that number is still the latest level for that application, not that they use it. They tend to either go much shorter or much longer now.

 

[eljefino]

You would not still be able to read a 1995 belt.

 

[Jarlaxle]

I did a few years ago. 1995 Dakota, 190,000 miles on the original serpentine belt.

 

[spk2000]

Just changed my belt on 96 Grand Marquis. I did not own the car for first 80,000 miles but now it has 192,000 and it sure looked original.

 

[Wagonmaster261]

Nice 3G alternator. My 94 is stuck with a 2G alt.