thank you! I'm glad I joined.
Well I hope I won't bore you but here's details:
The '86 had 224k miles when I traded it for the '92. The '86 I bought new, (there were no used ones in 1986).
The '92 I bought in 1999 used, but was like new. Today it has 200k miles. Runs and shifts great. Interior is like new, exterior too, no rust, zero. Recently I've been detailing it, replacing the yellowed headlamps, cosmetic stuff.
For me it has to be rear wheel drive and it has to have shock absorbers. No front wheel drive or McPhearson Struts for me thank you.
The Aerostar is RWD and has shocks, that's two reasons why I've kept it. But the first reason is reliability. It has been 100% reliable save for maintaining the front brakes, the rotors warp in less than a year. The same thing happened with the '86. No, I don't drive with the foot on the brake pedal, the front brakes overheat and warp the rotors. But overall the Aerostar rides like a car, not like a truck. That's another reason I've kept it, it's quiet inside.
A/C:
I have rebuilt the a/c system in my '92 Aerostar more than 3 times. I'm tired. The FS10 compressor always fails. I refuse to install another FS10. I've had it with Black Death and that compressor. There has to be a better compressor for the Aerostar.
Any specific suggestions for an alternative compressor (and the adapting Brackets and manifold hose required) will be appreciated.
My '92 has the twin air system. I want to make it work, I want a freezer in there. I want to keep using R12, I refuse to use R134a. If not R12, then an alternative refrigerant like Freeze12, but no R134a.
Jose A.
