Have some issues with my EX

[Capman2k]

91 Explorer, rolled over to 210,000 miles on Saturday... Original everything...

I've had it for about a year and 3 months, with no problems until recently. I've been really good about changing/checking/filling fluids and not driving like a maniac... Just about the only abuse it's taken is wheeling...

Lately, though, it's been losing power quick and there's a ticking sound coming from the engine, my power steering is very tight and makes kind of a grinding noise when I turn... My front brakes have been coming and going since yesterday morning...

I don't really want to pour a whole lot of money into a 210,000 mile old engine, especially since I'm going to college in a few months and need money for that... But the other problem is I don't really have money to get another vehicle... but I'd rather get something else if it's going to take a few hundred bucks to fix my truck... I don't see things getting any better with so many miles...

Any ideas? Should I try to fix it, or is it just getting old and dying quick???

 

[MONMIX]

I would fix it.
Espicially the brakes.
It will be easire to resell ( if you choose to do so ) if you show it a little TLC.
But ir runs and it is paid for you might as well see if you can nurse a few more years out of it.