mustangramair
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Looks like alot of people are over 100K and i am not an exception. My car just turned over to 144,000 and it still runs great!
Lifespan of 5.0L engine?
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main question to ask is,"are you in a rush to sell"?. if the guy says no, then check the front clip by the strut towers carefully to see if its been replaced.(can easily tell if its been welded. also look at a friends car so you get an idea of what a good one should look like. jack up the car also and check the other side of it. also check the quarter panels for damage, rust. those are the main sections. with those many miles the car/engine may not be in greatest shape, but at least look over those parts carefully. when I sold my lx, I offered to jack up the car to inspect the underneath. if the guys says no, then go on to the next one. I went to see a coupe the other day and the guy didn't let me drive, it also had fenders and hood that wasn't aligned straight, so I told them(in my mind) to screw off. I've learned to take my time. there are plenty out there.
mineralgsvt
Founding Member
275xxx miles, 94 5.0... original trans/diff. My dad had car before he gave to me at 16.. Endeded up having an accident. (Ironic, yes)... It set for 5 years while i saved up $$ for parts/paint job.. After 5 years of not being driven, only had bad seals & alternator bearing whines like a b****. Runs like a champ.
Just saw that. Makes me wonder.
1. Does OP still have the car/motor?
2. Do they still run?
Anyway, since we're here...
Ford 302s are insanely tough. I've seen an F150 with one that was heat-seized twice that still ran. I had an idiot customer that wouldn't replace his radiator, he had it towed in because it "died and wouldn't start". Fired up on the first try for me, but the radiator was bone dry. Filled it with water and pressure-tested it, and it leaked, badly. Told him he needed a radiator and that I wasn't finding anything else wrong with it. He called me an idiot and picked up his truck. Had it towed BACK to me the next day with the same problem and the same bone-dry radiator. Fired up on the first try for me again, this time he let me throw the radiator in it. I test-drove it 100 miles (charged him time for it too) with the new radiator with no problems and he picked it up happy as could be, I saw it for routine maintenance the rest of the time I was at the shop (I think that's what saved the engine, he actually did take care of the truck).
I've pulled 100,000+ mile 302s out of the junkyard to rebuild, and have torn them down to reveal the crosshatch still on the bores and very little bearing wear, I've also pulled a 32,000 mile 302 out of a T-bird that needed to be bored out because it hadn't been maintained. They're very durable, and if you run a compression check and all is good, a cooling system pressure test and all is good, and it runs good and doesn't smoke? Quit worrying about it. They're tough, damned tough.
mikestang63
SN Certified Technician
Just trying to figure out how one determines to bump an 11 year old thread............
Google's fault.Just trying to figure out how one determines to bump an 11 year old thread............
Honestly.
Someone searches for something, an old thread comes up as one of the search results, and they reply to it.
Or someone actually uses the forum search function.
Or someone gets REALLY bored and starts reading through old threads.
I have a 95gt with 356.000, never had a valve cover or oil pan off, orig timming chain too.
We bought it with 18.000 mile.
never drove it hard, just a daily driver, car saved us a ton of money
still drive it every day
We bought it with 18.000 mile.
never drove it hard, just a daily driver, car saved us a ton of money
still drive it every day
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