miles on your 4.9
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From: Lawrence Swamp
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dare wuz a guy on PBS tv that showed 1 mil. mi. (not 3!). he wuz outside ChiTown'n used a p/u for fresh fish deliveries or some such. So, like a cab or cop car, it wuz all ways runnin - shootin outta the city/docks to suburban stores dooin livery. I think it wuz a late '80s jimmy/chebby or sompin...
ol polak probably had more mi on his butt than even dat!
ol polak probably had more mi on his butt than even dat!
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From: Redneck Paradise
1981 ford f100 custom with a 4.9 300, np435 169,668 miles and still running strong. Only issue is the transmission whines in first & second gear. Wouldnt trapde that truck for a brand new one anyday
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My first 4.9 was in a 1978 E150. It had 148,000 miles on it when I bought it for $900 in 1992. I sold it in 1998 for $500 with 275,000 miles.
I liked the first one so much that I just had to have another one. In June of 2002 I paid $2500 for a 1990 E250, a former FedEx fleet vehicle, which I still have ten years hence.
I just wrapped up a complete mechanical makeover and this is still the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned. I did a top end on the engine, the cylinders still showed cross-hatch at 288,000 and was very clean internally. I replaced the oil pump, cam and timing gears and all the worn out external accessories (belt, hoses, sensors, etc.) and now have a brand new (mechanically speaking) 22 year old vehicle. Beats a car payment any day of the year.
I liked the first one so much that I just had to have another one. In June of 2002 I paid $2500 for a 1990 E250, a former FedEx fleet vehicle, which I still have ten years hence.
I just wrapped up a complete mechanical makeover and this is still the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned. I did a top end on the engine, the cylinders still showed cross-hatch at 288,000 and was very clean internally. I replaced the oil pump, cam and timing gears and all the worn out external accessories (belt, hoses, sensors, etc.) and now have a brand new (mechanically speaking) 22 year old vehicle. Beats a car payment any day of the year.
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From: Plover, WI
It's a whole new truck, compared to when I bought it. The lower intake was cracked and leaking for some time, and was also replaced. Super smooth, pulls hard with 3.08s n 265s. I'm very happy. One tank so far, hand calculated at 16.3 mpg. Never got over 12 mpg with old head and leaky intake, so it's hard to say how much the head changed things.
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196k mi on mine, but it just died. Pretty sure its timing gears after some hard pulls. Sitting until i decide if I want to rebuild or scrap... original mazada tranny and no AC in Arkansas doesn't entirely entice me for another 4 grand.
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From: Johns Creek GA
121,000 on my 1980 F-150. It mostly sat for 14 years after my grandfather passed away, but now that it's on the road again and caught up on maintenance it runs great. I'm expecting many years of excellent service from it.
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From: Northern MA
Mine is running at 515k, still pulls strong and just finished plowing snow, pushes around a Fisher 9' hd plow pretty easy, sometimes it does want for a little more horsepower but generally its perfectly happy! Engine bottom end is all original, pulled the engine to fix a bunch of leaking gaskets and check it out, compression was good all across, bearings were within std spec as was the crank and journals. New cam cover gasket, front/rear mains, oil pan gasket and such. Head had new chrome exhaust seats installed at 260k miles and it still runs so delightfully well. This summer I will have to change the frame, 20 years of plowing has dissolved all the metal and have had a couple minor frame breaks that I've patched and sectioned. I have another frame sourced.