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88dx 02-13-2008 03:43 AM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
god damm thats like 80,000 a year :o To bad the trucks probably had 4x's what it cost new in repairs

89shithatch 02-13-2008 04:10 AM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
Originally Posted by hotrex
our 85 f350 mason dump at work has 617k on it, 6.9l non turbo diesel

and almost every site truck has over 300k all fords.

we beat the ------- ---- out of them too
Yea but diesel engines fall into there own category. they always last longer. there built better and have different charectoristics. however you spell it.


needahonda 02-13-2008 04:18 AM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
Probably the only thing that went 1 million miles is the guage cluster....

QikEnuF 02-13-2008 10:59 AM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
Originally Posted by needahonda
Probably the only thing that went 1 million miles is the guage cluster....
Or the motor if you actually ------- read you ignorant illiterate african american

Inquisition 02-13-2008 12:59 PM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/...802010394/1980

A little more information than the original post.

He credits the truck's longevity to good, consistent maintenance and a load of luck. He changes the oil and gets a tune-up every 3,000 miles, drives easy on the gas and breaks and hasn't had a significant collision, he said.

The truck has had four radiators, three gas tanks, five transmissions and six water pumps, but its 350 cubic-inch engine shows no signs of wear, he said. It has never been overhauled and still sports its original gaskets, valve covers and timing chain.
I have a hard time seeing the head not needing to be cleaned up in a million miles. A million miles on a timing chain is a lot. This guy seems like he is pretty ---- about taking care of his truck though. I'm not sure what they call a tune-up, but one every 3000 miles probably was $80-100 every week or two. That's pretty costly.

J-SMITH69 02-13-2008 01:13 PM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
ya its a miracle the timing chain lasted that long usually they get streched. but if he drives it easy it might to have streched, and it might be a double roller chain which is much better than the old ones.

6 water pumps in a million miles is a miracle too :)

RedCavz 02-13-2008 01:36 PM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
no ---- some parts had to be replaced. did you expect them to still be original by this time?

itsyourmother 02-13-2008 06:07 PM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
My chevy blazer was up near 650,000.....interior was replaced twice, once due to a fire,the second to choice, many water pumps, stock block beat to hell. thing just wouldn't stop running. this was the 4.6l Chevy blazer..

Then i got sick of the thing and let the shitbox get towed from unpaid parking tickets.

A million miles is long as ------- hell to look at the same old truck

J-SMITH69 02-13-2008 06:09 PM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
Originally Posted by itsyourmother
My chevy blazer was up near 650,000.....interior was replaced twice, once due to a fire,the second to choice, many water pumps, stock block beat to hell. thing just wouldn't stop running. this was the 4.6l Chevy blazer..

Then i got sick of the thing and let the shitbox get towed from unpaid parking tickets.

A million miles is long as ------- hell to look at the same old truck
do you mean 4.3l?

itsyourmother 02-13-2008 06:40 PM
Re: Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
 
Yea sorry my fault. it was a 4.3l, thing ran its ass off though. trailriding, driving through rivers, you name it.


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