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Didn't know that Continental bought Goodyear. Looking at their belts, the "Continental Elite" looks exactly the same as the Gatorbacks did.

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NOS gatorbacks are still around on eBay. This should be the correct one for a stock 4.6....
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Serpentine Belt Goodyear Gatorback 4060975 5060975 6PK2475 K060975 | eBay

NOTE: THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SERPENTINE BELTS INCLUDING ALTERNATOR BELT, AC BELT, POWER STEERING BELT, ETC. PUT IN YOUR VEHICLE INFORMATION (YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, ENGINE SIZE).
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From what I can find, Continental doesn't make the "Elite" gatorback style belt in right the size for our cars.

edit... Actually I think I found them on eBay but it appears they discontinued it, so they are old stock too. :unsure:
 
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Here's my dumb question.


Is there a way for the EEC (MBE2) to see fuel level? I want it to read through my OBD2 app.
 
Kenz said:
Didn't know that Continental bought Goodyear. Looking at their belts, the "Continental Elite" looks exactly the same as the Gatorbacks did.

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NOS gatorbacks are still around on eBay. This should be the correct one for a stock 4.6....
www.ebay.com

Serpentine Belt Goodyear Gatorback 4060975 5060975 6PK2475 K060975 | eBay

NOTE: THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SERPENTINE BELTS INCLUDING ALTERNATOR BELT, AC BELT, POWER STEERING BELT, ETC. PUT IN YOUR VEHICLE INFORMATION (YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, ENGINE SIZE).
www.ebay.com

From what I can find, Continental doesn't make the "Elite" gatorback style belt in right the size for our cars.

edit... Actually I think I found them on eBay but it appears they discontinued it, so they are old stock too. :unsure:
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My belt isn’t stock length due to the timing cover I’m using (I’ve been scrambling through my notes today but I’m pretty sure it’s 05 Mustang). I’ve seen the NOS belts but if they’re 10+ years old I really don’t trust them.
 
I did a google search the other day, and it took me to the conti elite.
They are also making the blue heater hose, but it's silicone now.
 
Stupid rear seat question. I know from the shape of the fold-down rear seat upper half that it's different from a stock Thunderbird rear seat. I also notice that the stock Cougar seats look different from the Thunderbird seats, at least the couple I remember looking at, the shape is more rectangular, less curvy.

So, my question, for a potential fold-down rear seat swap (if I can ever get my hands on one), are the lower rear seats different in terms of foam padding shape? I would think they would have to be to better accommodate the upper half resting on them. But, are the stock Cougar rear seat lowers the same shape as the XR7 or whatever fold-down lowers? They seem flatter than the Thunderbird stock seats. Or are the fold-down rear seat lower halves a unique shape for the Super Coupes and the XR7s? I'm also assuming the lower halves are consistent from like '91 to '97 for each car model but that's just a guess.
 
The foam shape is different, but I think it's a difference between 1st gen and 2nd gen seat designs more than it is Cougar vs. T-bird molds. I do remember the lower part being curved up at the back for the middle seat; I never installed it because I wanted to keep the stock 97 seat belt arrangement (where they come up through slits in the seat bottom, rather than through the gap between the bottom and back).

I briefly had an early XR7 fold down seat back with my stock 97 seat bottom, and it didn't line up quite right. All the same, I had them reupholstered to match and it's not too bad.

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94-97 Cougar rear seats use the same foam/pattern as the SC rear seats, so yeah the bottom would be a good match with a fold down upper
 
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