wow over 500,000 miles on original engine

[Shoeboy]

My Grandfather still takes the cake with his 1978 F250 diesel. He had 1 200 000mi on it when he sold it to a kid in town 10 years ago, its still being driven, and its still on its original everything, aside from the clutch. He bought a 1998 F250 for a replacement and he put 300 000km on it when he rolled it, the replacement, a Chevy 2500, is on its second engine with 200 000km on it. My uncle has rolled 2 (late 80's) F250s over 750 000km and he's on his third at about 500 000km. Another uncle has about 600 000km on his (mid 90's) F350. Another uncle had 300 000mi on his 2004 F150 when he sold it 2 years ago. My grandmother has 200 000km on her 2004 Crown Vic. My Aunt has about 500 000km on her mid 90's Crown Vic, and a buddy of min had about 360 000km on his Crown Vic when he got hit and wrote it off. My Ranger was just starting it life when it was killed with 197000km .

I worked in an oil change shop and we had a lot of taxi's coming through and I had a mid-late 90's Town Car with 900 000km on it. At the shop I used to work for (as of 10:45 yesterday) it wasn't uncommon to see a Crown Vic/Grand Marquies/Murrader/Mustang (with 4.6L)/Town Car, or the 4L Explorers and Rangers with over 500 000km. I think I've seen more Fords with higher mileage then with low mileage.

 

[Young_unn]

My Grandfather still takes the cake with his 1978 F250 diesel. He had 1 200 000mi on it when he sold it to a kid in town 10 years ago, its still being driven, and its still on its original everything, aside from the clutch. He bought a 1998 F250 for a replacement and he put 300 000km on it when he rolled it, the replacement, a Chevy 2500, is on its second engine with 200 000km on it. My uncle has rolled 2 (late 80's) F250s over 750 000km and he's on his third at about 500 000km. Another uncle has about 600 000km on his (mid 90's) F350. Another uncle had 300 000mi on his 2004 F150 when he sold it 2 years ago. My grandmother has 200 000km on her 2004 Crown Vic. My Aunt has about 500 000km on her mid 90's Crown Vic, and a buddy of min had about 360 000km on his Crown Vic when he got hit and wrote it off. My Ranger was just starting it life when it was killed with 197000km .

I worked in an oil change shop and we had a lot of taxi's coming through and I had a mid-late 90's Town Car with 900 000km on it. At the shop I used to work for (as of 10:45 yesterday) it wasn't uncommon to see a Crown Vic/Grand Marquies/Murrader/Mustang (with 4.6L)/Town Car, or the 4L Explorers and Rangers with over 500 000km. I think I've seen more Fords with higher mileage then with low mileage.

all my cop cars bar one always had way high mileage.

i really do love diesels, my father has a 99 2500 suburban that just rolled 200k last week. it still runs and looks brand new it has the last real chevy turbo diesel, chevy started using isuzu engines in 2000. its all orginal

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Mines got over 350,000 miles on it. 2nd because my dad thought it was leaing to much oil and the rebuild we got leaked even more which since i drive it know isn't actually that much. It also still has the original stater and alternator and for that matter just about everything else. Stupid rebuild. although every problem that goes wrong with the truck seems to fix itself before i can figure out whats wrong.(unless i totally break it to pieces, which doesn't happen very often)

That is awsome I am going to tell this to the meanies at school(LOL meanies ha.*laughs at own joke*)

 

[brendank]

It's a relatively new vehicle(around 10 yrs old), and he's obviously taken care of it. Those are the two main things that keep a vehicle in prime shape.

I've seen many rangers, including mine, that are well over 300k, and still looking great. A buddy of mine had an 86 that had over 600k, and was still in decent shape.

The reality is that it's not a brand specific thing. What it comes down to is who takes care of their vehicles and who doesn't. Yeah, there's the odd case, but, for the most part, it's cut and dried. No brand is drastically worse than another.

 

[brendank]

the original stater and alternator and for that matter just about everything else. Stupid rebuild.

Usually when people rebuild the engine, they don't replace the alternator, or any parts related to it. Just letting you know that.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

My 2000 Ranger only has a mere 75k on the ticker. Of course, it also gets full synthetics, motorcraft filters, and regular maintenance.

My 88 BII had 120k when the motor ate a valve.... and the heads had just been replaced!

My 89 BII choptop had 94k when I gave up on the abused 2.9 under the hood (couldn't keep heads on it, kept crackin' em). Dropped a 2.9 in from an 88 that showed about 94k on the OD, but I have no idea if it rolled over or how many times.

My 86 had an unknown number of miles on it when I got it (no gauge cluster) and the motor was half torn down.

My 89 Ranger has 105k miles on it and still runs fine... or at least it should, fuel pump is dead.

The 89 BII that I bought, fixed up, then sold.... near as I can tell it had around 262k miles on it when I sold it. Rolled over twice that I know of (carfax), and then someone replaced the gauge cluster. When I got it, the thing would hardly pull itself around. I did a full and complete tune-up and man did it need one of those bad! Oil came out like molassas, cap and rotor were completely shot, spark plugs were fried, plug wires were rusty inside, and the air filter.... well, it had at least a quarter inch thick layer of black sludge stuck to the bottom. After doing all that and replacing the pcv valve, fuel filter, trans filter and trans fluid it sat there coughing and sputtering for no less than 5 minutes. I swear, I thought I killed it. Then it smoothed out and ran like a champ.

 

[JohnnyO]

My new issue of Hemming's Muscle News has an article about a guy who bought a 1971 Mustang brand new, 351-C, 4 speed, Ram Air, still has it with 500,000 miles. Engine has been rebuilt once, which he blames on unleaded gas. Original paint is a little worse for wear but not too bad.

 

[lbreevesii]

now the article I saw didn't say what had been replaced/repaired on it. But theres a guy in new york who has been driving the same daily driver since he bought it new in 66'. Its a volvo coupe. Get this. 1.6 Million miles on it.

 

[Black Widow '90]

WOW thats awesome