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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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Odometer Question

so the odometer in my 90' f250 only goes to the 10 thousands place. How can you tell how many hundred thousands of miles are on it?
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 08:38 PM
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Since it only goes to 99,999 then starts over, there is really no way to tell for sure.. You can look at how much wear things have and make a good guess.. are the seats and pedals worn pretty bad?
 
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well, clutch petal rubber is worn through to metal, seats arent to bad, runs like crap, steering wheel is about 45 degrees off horizontal to drive straight. Why where these trucks designed with odometers like that in the first place?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 12:04 AM
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Can't always tell by the pedals,my 06 ranger with 45k had metal showing thru the pedals on the edges. If I remember right carfax shows mileage on vehicles, not sure how accurate it would be on a 90 but was real close on my 97 when I checked it.
 
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Originally Posted by Ole' gray
well, clutch petal rubber is worn through to metal, seats arent to bad, runs like crap, steering wheel is about 45 degrees off horizontal to drive straight. Why where these trucks designed with odometers like that in the first place?

because 20 years ago most vehicles did not make it to 100,000 miles
 
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