375,000 miles
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375,000 miles
K so I have finally hit the 375,000 mark in the old beast with no real major thing wrong until now. But I am wanting to give her a new outlook on life. The tranny is questionable and clutch is going out, and the engine is in need of ....something. My question to all is what path to take..
1. Wait till something breaks to fix it?
or
2. Go ahead and start refurbing everything? (If so I have no idea where to start and how to go about it, like remanufactured engine and tranny or if they can be rebuilt etc, etc...)
Any input would be appreciated, I am fairly new to the automotive world and a total tard when it comes to things with four wheels. TIA
Oh by the way it is a 1990 f-150 2WD with the Mazda 5speed...thnx!
1. Wait till something breaks to fix it?
or
2. Go ahead and start refurbing everything? (If so I have no idea where to start and how to go about it, like remanufactured engine and tranny or if they can be rebuilt etc, etc...)
Any input would be appreciated, I am fairly new to the automotive world and a total tard when it comes to things with four wheels. TIA
Oh by the way it is a 1990 f-150 2WD with the Mazda 5speed...thnx!
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if its not doing anything strange or really low on power, just run it.
If it pulls good steady idle vacuum, has good compression, I'd do a good tune up on it and start planning on a rebuild soon.
put a engine /clutch/transmission in it all at once.
375,000 miles isn't bad
If it pulls good steady idle vacuum, has good compression, I'd do a good tune up on it and start planning on a rebuild soon.
put a engine /clutch/transmission in it all at once.
375,000 miles isn't bad
