1998 mercury moutaineer ?

[98moutaineer]

i am thinking about buying a 98 moutaineer it has bairly any rust and it has 25000 miles and its 4 wheel drive it sat in an old ladys garadge for a couple years befor she traded it in i am just looking to find any sujutions as to wht to look for broken things or stressed components. .....any feed back would be great and any advice as to wht tires i should go with onece again any feed back is greatly apreciated.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome

 

[98moutaineer]

thanks good to meet you.....do u have any advice on my issiue

 

[Dan Whitaker]

With only 25,000 miles there shouldn't be any stress on it at all. Check the tires for rot, rotors for severe rusting since it sat a couple of years and change all the fluids and you should be good to go.

Is it the 4.0 V6 or 5.0 V8 AWD?

 

[98moutaineer]

thanks its a v6 awd and i will check those things out i havent bought it yet but the guy is holding it for me i have big plans for but i would like to make shure its solid befor i do anything to it ....do u have any knowledge of any parts that r known to be the first to break on moutaineers or that r week that could be renforced to prevent future damage

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

do u got pics of the mounty that u might be getting

 

[Dan Whitaker]

thanks its a v6 awd and i will check those things out i havent bought it yet but the guy is holding it for me i have big plans for but i would like to make shure its solid befor i do anything to it ....do u have any knowledge of any parts that r known to be the first to break on moutaineers or that r week that could be renforced to prevent future damage

The Mountainner is the same exact vehicle as an Explorer. Your profile says you have a '98 XLT.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! How does an 11 year old vehicle only have 25k miles?

 

[jlsparky7]

Welcome to the forum

 

[98moutaineer]

thanks for all the welcomes to the site i do not have any pics yet but i have looked at it and it looks to be in great shape and dives extremle well.. it also has quiet a bit of torque. there is little to no rust on the body and rust on the underbody is extremle minimul ..sory for any or my misspelled words i cant spell .ha