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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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Question engine turning 100k?

When do 1988 ford trucks turn.? @ 100k or 200k .my tac is @ 573470 is that 157k or 257k???
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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they turn every 100k, so it could be either 157 or 257...
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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That would be your "odometer". A tachometer, or "tach" for short, displays engine RPM. And EP has it right--up through '91 they used a 5-digit odometer (rolls over every 100,000 miles), with the sixth digit being tenths of a mile. In '92, they went digital and six digits plus tenths (rolls over every 1,000,000 miles--has anyone done this yet?).

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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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or it could be 57k or 357k or 457k or 557k or etc.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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My ranger reads 20,XXX...... but thanks to a carfax report I realized it has 320,XXX.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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tac for short....
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by jroehl
That would be your "odometer". A tachometer, or "tach" for short, displays engine RPM. And EP has it right--up through '91 they used a 5-digit odometer (rolls over every 100,000 miles), with the sixth digit being tenths of a mile. In '92, they went digital and six digits plus tenths (rolls over every 1,000,000 miles--has anyone done this yet?).

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Actually.... when they get to 399,999.9 they go back to 300,000.0

I have NO idea why but I have had 2 of them do it so far. With 368,000 miles on my 97 F250, I shouldn't have to wait much longer to see it again.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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Actually.... when they get to 399,999.9 they go back to 300,000.0

I have NO idea why but I have had 2 of them do it so far. With 368,000 miles on my 97 F250, I shouldn't have to wait much longer to see it again.
The 1,000,000.0 mile thing was a SWAG. Odd that they would roll back to 300k. I guess they didn't want to embarass the bowtie owners too bad.

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