Testimonial for Ford engines!

[1986F150Six]

My son's 1984 F150 with 4.9L with 254K miles. The feedback system is still functional, with original computer.

My 1986 F150 with 4.9L with 214K miles. [Duraspark conversion]

Both are driven daily and both have original internals, except for mine having had the oil pump replaced.

[Frank Wyatt]

Cool!

[Gary Lewis]

That's a good testimonial.  

And the computer systems from back then were solid.  You just have to understand how they work and keep on top of the problems.

[Rembrant]

[Dorsai]

1986F150Six wrote

My 1986 F150 with 4.9L with 214K miles. [Duraspark conversion]

Both are driven daily and both have original internals, except for mine having had the oil pump replaced.

Mine also has all the original internals except for the oil pump, but at 138K miles it's just a baby.

[1986F150Six]

Dorsai wrote

Mine also has all the original internals except for the oil pump, but at 138K miles it's just a baby. 

Should be good for 200+K more!

[Dorsai]

1986F150Six wrote

Dorsai wrote

Mine also has all the original internals except for the oil pump, but at 138K miles it's just a baby. 

Should be good for 200+K more!

At my current rate of driving, I'll be able to drive it to the end of my days, leave it to my son, and then *he* can drive it until he's 94.  That'll do!

[1986F150Six]

And, another drive to Skiatook!

[Dorsai]

1986F150Six wrote

And, another drive to Skiatook!

Sure, why not?

Our summer plans for this year are dead (Med cruise to Spain, France, and Italy) and have been rescheduled to 2021, so I was thinking the other day that a good way to burn the surplus vacation time would be to make it out to Skiatook this year...then I realized that September isn't THAT far away, close enough that Gary is unlikely to want a bunch of germy people over to his house....

So...maybe Skiatook 2022?

[Gary Lewis]

Our plans for a big vacation this year are probably dead as well.  We were going to the UK immediately after the show, but I really can't see that happening with the pandemic.  We don't have to decide until late July, but ......

As for the show, I'm questioning whether it can happen this year.  At the most we could have the show but just not the GTG?  And right now the idea of having people over doesn't sound good.  But, we don't have to decide yet, so.....

[Rembrant]

Gary Lewis wrote

Our plans for a big vacation this year are probably dead as well.  We were going to the UK immediately after the show, but I really can't see that happening with the pandemic.

Gary, we might have to ship you by sea freight to the UK...

I guess we could fix up a 20 or 40 foot container for you...lol.

[Gary Lewis]

Well, that might be interesting financially.  I could take a Bullnose and sell it over there?

[ArdWrknTrk]

This is in line with my personal experience with Ford's 460.
I'm now on engine #2 and pushing 460,000.  😁   💪

[myrl883]

Parts Truck's 302 only has 186k on it. I should be good for a while!

[salans7]

My daily Ranger has 176k on it's little 3.0 V6 (bought it with 42K), and only thing I've had to fix on the engine itself is gaskets and camshaft synchronizers. I've seen the 3.0's go to 220k at least, so I'm hoping for 200k and when that time comes in a year or so I will assume I've gotten my money's worth out of it and will probably start looking for something else to drive as a DD. Would love to keep the little Ranger for years to come as it was my high school graduation present to myself and it would be cool to still have it twenty years from now.

[Frank Wyatt]

I had a 1990 Aerostar van that had over 330,000 miles when I had to quit driving it only due to being made the unwilling meat in a car wreck sandwich. The front and rear was destroyed but it still ran perfect.

[85lebaront2]

Not a Bullnose, but my best friend's 2003 E250 5.4L has over 600K and I know for a fact the furthest it's been into was a water pump and thermostat. It was a route truck for my brother's business, went every week to WV from Chesapeake VA, but every other week of that was into Ohio.

[Angelo Voltura]

400k very hard miles on my 300-6. Only thing I've done to it was a thermostat gasket.

It could use a pushrod cover gasket (what one doesn't). I have replaced the coil/cap/rotor/plugs/wires under routine maintenance accordingly and a fuel pressure regulator once in diagnosing a slowly dying fuel pump.

But no real mechanical work to the engine trans or rear end.

[myrl883]

I haven't seen this one yet, but last weekend my son told me about one of his friend's cars. It's a '68 Fairlane that he inherited from his grandparents. One owner, 470k documented miles.

[Gary Lewis]

Wow!