how many miles?
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how many miles?
hey guys, just bought my first full size truck truck its a 95 f 150. got it for 600 bucks with new 31's on it and a blown trans. i put a trans and cluch it in brought me up to a grand and i have to say i love this truck
. it rides like a caddie and it has 250,000 miles on it. and everything works no clunks bangs nothing while drive very quite and smooth ride and i just cant get over how many miles are on this truck and it still ride like this. so i wanted to see how many miles you guy have on your truck and how they ride?
. it rides like a caddie and it has 250,000 miles on it. and everything works no clunks bangs nothing while drive very quite and smooth ride and i just cant get over how many miles are on this truck and it still ride like this. so i wanted to see how many miles you guy have on your truck and how they ride?
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From: Elizabeth, PA
My DD '94 has 106K on it and runs like a champ. As far as I know, every major mechanical part is original. I bought a '95 for a body donor and it has 217K on it, and after i threw a new battery, starter and solenoid it it it runs fairly well other than cranking pretty eccessively to start. It leaks a good bit too. Our '85 dump has 29K on origianl everything other than the clutch. The original owner was a friend of ours and despite a good effort, really couldn't drive a stick. My '77 has 98k on it, but the original engine is long gone. My dad regrets swapping it out instead of rebuilding, and insists the truck ran for over a year with little or no oil pressure. He also says he could have screwed up and should've just put a new oil pressure sender in it first.
Post Fiend
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From: New Jersey
93 F350 crewcab, rides as one would expect (soft front, very stiff rear), 518K-ish miles, leaks everything "a little", daily driver until the exhaust system fell off last week. In fact, I'm inside taking a break from measuring. Brrrrrr.
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Dang I only have 169k on the 90 F250 4x4 I just got for $700... aside from the creature comforts of a newer truck.. I don't see why anyone would spend the $$.. I love this thing.
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
I had 300K and change on my 92 i6 before it went down the road... Got to rusty and was a bear to work on after everything starts to fall apart from rust (dang iowa winters needing all that salt!). I have 230k on my 88 f-250 with ZF 5spd that is my daily driver now... little rougher ride than the F-150's though! congrats on the new truck! how cold is jersey Frederic???? iowa has been 5F to -6F lately...
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From: New Jersey
It's 21 degrees where I am minus whatever the windchill factor is. Anything below 50 feels cold to me so it's freezing 
Drivwfo - the vast mileage I got out of this one (so far) makes up for the '81 crewcab I had before it that barely made it 90K before I gave up on it as a 'daily driver' and turned into one big "mud toy" and bought this one.
Drivwfo - the vast mileage I got out of this one (so far) makes up for the '81 crewcab I had before it that barely made it 90K before I gave up on it as a 'daily driver' and turned into one big "mud toy" and bought this one.
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I feel for all you guys with the cold.. as a PA transplant to SoCal about 10 yrs ago I can say I don't miss it.. It was 75+ this weekend and I think the coldest I have seen it lately was 47 when I left for work this morning.
As for the daily driver part, my work commute is only 2.5 miles each way so I think I will manage just fine with the F250..even with the 460..
I have to get some pics up eventually..
As for the daily driver part, my work commute is only 2.5 miles each way so I think I will manage just fine with the F250..even with the 460..
I have to get some pics up eventually..
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
I feel for all you guys with the cold.. as a PA transplant to SoCal about 10 yrs ago I can say I don't miss it.. It was 75+ this weekend and I think the coldest I have seen it lately was 47 when I left for work this morning.
As for the daily driver part, my work commute is only 2.5 miles each way so I think I will manage just fine with the F250..even with the 460.. I have to get some pics up eventually..
As for the daily driver part, my work commute is only 2.5 miles each way so I think I will manage just fine with the F250..even with the 460..
I have to get some pics up eventually..as redneck as this may sound i would miss hunting and bumper sledding if I left Iowa... Others can keep their 75 degree weather... I'd rather have the seasons change and have some fun in the snow!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Fulton County, Pa.
Not too sure how many Old Rusty has on him. Know it turned over at least once, Showed between 40 -45thou when I bought him. Title said between 50 -55thou. Know it didn't go down. Other thing is after I bought it the guy told me it had a new Jasper longblock about 40 - 45thou ago. No paperwork ( " Lost in a divorce " ). Haven't gotten energetic enough to look under him for the tag on the engine it should have IF it really is a Jasper. Regardless, runs great. Just took it on a road trip last week, about 300 miles round trip. 14.7 MPG with a 302 / E4OD & 3.55 gears ( if they are original. One problem with buying used, no knowledge of the history. ). Tach showed about 2,000 at 70 MPH in OD.
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From: New Jersey
Yeah, it's cold here but not as cold as Iowa, that's for sure. I've been out that way in the winter... brrrrrrr
Nothing wrong with "redneck". Just because I wore a business suit every day for 20 years doesn't mean I left the cowboy boots at home even though I'm not from texas.
It's all good.
Nothing wrong with "redneck". Just because I wore a business suit every day for 20 years doesn't mean I left the cowboy boots at home even though I'm not from texas.
It's all good.
