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Snagged from
http://www.shotimes.com/sho2fordpartsdecode.html
Originally
posted Joshua Teixeira, cleaned up by John Witherspoon :
For Example:
F4DZ-2B120A -- a RH brake caliper
F means 90 (E
is 80's, D is 70's, C 60's, B is 50's, A is 40's)
4 is the year
within the decade that the part first was installed by Ford, so an F4 part
was first used on 1994 model year cars
D is the line
of car :
A is full size
Ford
B is Fairlane/Torino
to 76, then 77-79 LTD II, then Festiva, then Aspire
C is Mercury
Capri (60's - 70's), Escort
D is Maverick,
Granada, Taurus, 96 and later Taurus/Sable common parts
E is Escort
F is common
Tempo/Escort parts (same parts, different body panels)
G is Mercury
Montego, Monarch
H is Ford heavy
truck
J is marine
(boat engines, stationary power plants)
K is Tracer
L is Lincoln
Mark series and regular 4-door Lincoln
M is full size
Mercury for unique parts (otherwise, use A)
N is Ford
tractor
O is Mercury
Montego, Sable, and Lincoln Continental
P is Bobcat and
Pinto
R is Merkur,
then Contour/Mystyque
S is T-bird
T is light
truck, Bronco, Explorer
U is Econoline
can
V is Lincoln
Town car
W is Cougar
X is Villager
Y is Lincoln or
Mercury/Lincoln non-vehicle-specific part
Z is Mustang or
Ford non-vehicle-specific part
2 is Probe
3 is Tempo
4 is 96+ Sable
body parts
6 is Topaz
7 is Ranger
8 is Windstar
9 is Aerostar
-2B120 is the
basic part # and is the number for the caliper. If part of a pair, then
the lower number is the right hand side (i.e. 120 is right, and 121 is
left). The only exception is power window motors for only one car. Series
means the 1000, 1001, .... 1999, 1A001, to 1Z999 where every basic part
number is a unique part on a car, and the same part 'name' for a different
car is differentiated by the prefix.
1000-2000
series are wheels and brakes
3000 series are
front suspension and steering
4000 series are
rear axle and drive axle
5000 series are
frames front stabilizer and rear suspension
6000 series are
engine parts
7000 series are
MTX transmission and clutch, A7000 series are ATX transmission
8000 series are
cooling and grille
9000 series are
fuel
9500 series are
carburator
10300 series
and up are generator, alternator, starter, distributor
13000 series
and up are lamps, wiring, and electrical except for 10300 series
16000 series
and up are fenders and hood
17000 series
and up are speedometer and associated parts
17500 series
and up are bumpers, jack, mirrors, washer/wipers, speedo cables
18000 series
and up are air conditioning, heaters and radios
00000 series
are body front (door posts and ahead and floor pans) including instrument
panel and dash, but not gauges
23000 series
and up are body sheet metal and exterior rubber bits
40000 series
and up are back half of the car (trunk, roof racks, T-roof etc)
50000 series
and up are exterior mouldings, emblems, and nameplates
60000 series
and up are seats
70000 series
and up are doors, windows, (not windshield), seat trim/covers
Japanese weird
parts use 2-piece Mazda part numbers
Note that if
your '96 car has a part number such as F4DZ-2B120A, then you know the part
was first used on '94 cars, was installed on '95s and is still being used
unchanged on '96s.
Part #'s are
not necessarily the same as casting #'s or the numbers on the part. Line
numbers are different still. |
