miles on your 4.9
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i have an 88 FI and it ran to 350,000 and i replaced the main and rod bearings..good to go...my 85 has 150,000 on it and still runnign great with my 35" tires....
also to whoever said that you need to take the motor out to drop the pan is just screwy in the head...i pulled the pan on my 88, replaced main and rod bearings, changed oil pump, and only undid the motor mounts, intake and hood hinges.....
also to whoever said that you need to take the motor out to drop the pan is just screwy in the head...i pulled the pan on my 88, replaced main and rod bearings, changed oil pump, and only undid the motor mounts, intake and hood hinges.....
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Mine only has 66k miles, but i plan on lots more!!!!
These inlines are great (obviously)! I would love it if Ford brought it back now, so I could buy another in 10 years!!!
AND BRING BACK THE MANUAL TRANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These inlines are great (obviously)! I would love it if Ford brought it back now, so I could buy another in 10 years!!!
AND BRING BACK THE MANUAL TRANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I can't give any exact numbers, but when I was in highschool, a friend of mine bought a 78 f150 with a 300, and drove the hell out of that thing. One day he was hit and totaled the truck. Another buddy bought the motor off of him and beat the hell out of that thing in his85 F250 for a year or more. When he bought a new truck and parked the old one, I bought the motor off of him and I beat the hell out of it in my 85 f150, off roading on weekends, and driving more than 200 km round trip to work and back once I was out of school. Now dad drives that truck around the farm and it is still running good. Wonder how many more trucks that old motor will outlast.
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they need to start making those engines again. even if they dont put them in the new models i'm sure plenty of people will buy them to install in their trucks. i wonder what is the most mileage somebody got outta the 4.9.
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well i posted on the ranger board when this was asked an it was my buddies ranger. but i got a 85 F 150 with 378 000 klm an it goes ever morning even on the the coldest days . so all them guys with new trucks cant beleave the old girl goes ever morning better them the new 1 s
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From: The KeyStone State
Dude I got 265,568,783.5Mi/4.273.915.283,1Km till it took the ultimate dump and turned an actual nuclear mushroom cloud. Have you chernobyled a Ford Lately?
Honestly 200,560Mi/322.770Km
Still has crosshatching.