I'll take my Explorer with body on frame and a 5.0 please.

Bet that Ecotech 4 banger would smoke one though.

But I wonder how it will be for reliability in the long run... Not saying it is junk, just curious. The 302 had a pretty good record...

Yep- be interesting. Of course, one thing that's pretty consistent on all the new vehicles- 200,000 miles with few problems is a pretty reasonable expectation across the board.

i doesnt seem like anyone keeps vehicles that long anymore tho. thats why i wan t a 7.3L ps and just keep one for a few hundred thousand

Yuck...

(Hi E!)

I'll take the body on frame truck looking model over some made over Taurus Station Wagon crossover look. Unibody? For real?

Damn....

I guess I'll buy two early models when I can, stash one for a spare.

JamesKB2 said:

Yuck...

(Hi E!)

I'll take the body on frame truck looking model over some made over Taurus Station Wagon crossover look. Unibody? For real?

Damn....

I guess I'll buy two early models when I can, stash one for a spare.

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Hey James! What'd the old one put down? I know you got a gazillion miles out of it.

polarbear said:

Hey James! What'd the old one put down? I know you got a gazillion miles out of it.

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374k. No chit!

Well, body and trans. The wife (it's daily pilot) ran the thing in 4WH on dry pavement (after a stern lecture about the danger of damage from doing that) and I had to put in a used xfer case. The timing chain issue with these units running the 4.0 took out the engine while I was driving in OH on the highway....at 140k.

So, otherwise, brakes on front twice, rears once, four sets of tires and the above mentioned. Oh, I had just changed the alternator three weeks before the accident.

It wasn't a cheap vehicle with payment and repairs, but I loved it anyway. So did she....

We bought a used '97 Blazer (I know...I know) with the insurance proceeds and eliminated the payment, only had 6 left. Saving and wanting a 2000 or '01 four door XLT in the same vehicle. I've found a few in the Chi Town area for under 7K with under 40k on the clock, but still not in reach.

I'll be paying cash....so I'm not shopping anymore 'till I have at least 6.5k in the bank ready to roll.









Just remembered, hub bearings on both sides (once) and the front "prop shaft" (drive shaft) with U joint. Heck, never even needed headlights or even a serpentine belt! I did all the little to medium things myself. (I can do brakes with one hand tied behind my back) but the engine and xfer case were done in a shop.

BTW? Nice hangout!

Welcome to the site!

Ryan