Who had to replace the starter or fuel pump ?

[Explorer_PL]

So just thinking ahead, the next things that usualy fail at my mileage (150k) are the starter or fuel pump - I mean overall when it comes to cars.

Has anyone had one of those fail ? At what mileage ?

Thanks

 

[slimfitz]

Well I havent had to replace the starter, but I did pull it out when I swapped the motor. I will say that is a huge pain in the ass to access!

 

[Explorer_PL]

I thought it was pretty well accesssible, but I only judged by looking under the truck. What was in the way ?

 

[slimfitz]

Its real tight in there. I ended up using long extensions and going from upfront. That seemed to be the easiest way to get to the bolts

 

[Zealot]

Following up to an old thread with info that might help someone. I just replaced the starter in our '10 XLT 2WD 4.0 w/122K on the clock. Piece of cake! If you can do brakes on these things, you can swap the starter on the 4.0 model. the 2 bolts holding it on are extremely easy to access. I'd say less than an hour including jack up/jack down time and that's a few trips to the tool box for the right size sockets.

 

[Explorer_PL]

Wow, so I posted that question exactly 4 years ago when my v8 had 150k.
I am at 242k now and still original starter and fuel pump.
Had to remove starters few times on both my v8 and v6 when swapping motors or transmission and it's ok, I believe 2 or 3 13mm bolts, and an 8mm nut for one of the cables.

 

[WaltZ]

Fuel Pump out at around 130k. Just quit....no warning. I was lucky I was only 1/8 mile from my house. Parts & labor was around $600, but don't quote me. They drop the tank. When I went to put gas in it a few days later, it wouldn't take it. They broke some kind of valve/solenoid thingy when dropping or re-installing the tank and replaced it no charge. Just an FYI if you decide to do it yourself