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Thanks to your site, I was able to perform a little upgrade to my Excursion this weekend. My belt was squealing like crazy so I knew I needed to change it out. Looking under the hood displayed one of Ford's better ideas. 
I can hear it now, some bean-counter saying they could save seven cents if they shortened the upper radiator hose and ran it through the belt instead of going around it. I would just love to snatch up his pocket protector and slap him with it!
So I got on the site and did a little searching around to find the part number for the "correct" hose (the one that goes around the belt), bought a new belt, purchased a 203 degree thermostat from dieselsite.com since I was going to be in there, and some fresh G05 coolant. The swap out went without a hitch and now I am down the road listening to the motor and exhaust instead of that squealing belt! Thanks Superduty.com!
I can hear it now, some bean-counter saying they could save seven cents if they shortened the upper radiator hose and ran it through the belt instead of going around it. I would just love to snatch up his pocket protector and slap him with it! So I got on the site and did a little searching around to find the part number for the "correct" hose (the one that goes around the belt), bought a new belt, purchased a 203 degree thermostat from dieselsite.com since I was going to be in there, and some fresh G05 coolant. The swap out went without a hitch and now I am down the road listening to the motor and exhaust instead of that squealing belt! Thanks Superduty.com!
