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preventive maintenance on '90 daily driver

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90LX5spd

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My 1990 daily driver is coming up on 140,000. The car has been very good to me reliability-wise and I'd like to keep it that way. Are there any items such as ignition modules etc. that should be possibly replaced before they leave me stranded? Any particular parts that are known to go bad around this time in other words. The engine itself has already been replaced with a stock Ford crate motor. It has a new clutch (and quadrant), fuel pump and an overhauled rear end. Everything else is original except belts and rad hoses. Thanks for any suggestions.
 

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Check your ball joints I had mine go bad around 110,000 miles and could of killed me if it didn't happen as I was crawling in a parking lot.
 

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Alternator....
 

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Control arm bushings maybe if you didn't do them when you had the rear end done. Shocks and struts.
 

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fuel filter, cap, wires, plugs, module, coil, clean injectors, funtioning thermostat, clean radiator, check radiator hoses for cracks, air filter, all chassis stuff like mentioned above, always a strong battery
 
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