hotkarl
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- 1997 XLT SOHC
For the life of me, I don't understand why I continue to sink my money into this lump, maybe it's the "devil you know" thinking, I don't know.
I should've sold this beast years ago but whatever.
Seems every time I fix or repair something, I either unearth another problem, or a day or so later something else goes wrong.
FORD-Fix Or Repair Daily. Yup.
Anyway, I'm grumpy.
Assuming that whatever hasn't been replaced or maintained is original or neglected, what would y'all suggest to do for a little preventative maintenance at 130K?
When it runs, it runs real good and strong, solid. Very rarely there'll be a bit of a miss or almost like it's about to stall. But this only happens like twice a year. No death rattle. I've done all balljoints, alt, starter, shocks, battery, heater core, thermostat, swaybar links, and brake lines so far over the past few years. Other than that stuff, I believe everything else is original. Some stuff broke and I either did the ghetto fix or just left it alone, minor crap like the blend door, some of the lock actuators, etc...
I don't trust this beast anymore.
I have this overwhelming fear of getting stuck somewhere.
Even though I've done all the balljoints, I have this really, really overwhelming fear that the wheels are gonna fall off doing 55 on the highway.
Every little squeal or squawk up front sends me into a panic when I'm going over 45-50MPH.
In fact every single time I drive it, I'm actually anticipating a breakdown.
I must add that cosmetically, she is super clean in and out, almost like new.
I bought it with 100K 5 years ago.
It all comes down to whether or not I should keep putting money into it.
Is it really worth it, or am I just flushing money down the tubes because this thing is going to fall apart sooner than later. She is not beaten on at all, but when all is said and done, uh, it's still a Ford. Heh heh.
And some of the problems I read about here on the forum also freak me out.
I guess basically the answers I'm looking for are "@130K you better change such and such because it will fail any day now" or something like that.
I think I just need to be held and be told everything is gonna be alright.
Ha ha.
I should've sold this beast years ago but whatever.
Seems every time I fix or repair something, I either unearth another problem, or a day or so later something else goes wrong.
FORD-Fix Or Repair Daily. Yup.
Anyway, I'm grumpy.
Assuming that whatever hasn't been replaced or maintained is original or neglected, what would y'all suggest to do for a little preventative maintenance at 130K?
When it runs, it runs real good and strong, solid. Very rarely there'll be a bit of a miss or almost like it's about to stall. But this only happens like twice a year. No death rattle. I've done all balljoints, alt, starter, shocks, battery, heater core, thermostat, swaybar links, and brake lines so far over the past few years. Other than that stuff, I believe everything else is original. Some stuff broke and I either did the ghetto fix or just left it alone, minor crap like the blend door, some of the lock actuators, etc...
I don't trust this beast anymore.
I have this overwhelming fear of getting stuck somewhere.
Even though I've done all the balljoints, I have this really, really overwhelming fear that the wheels are gonna fall off doing 55 on the highway.
Every little squeal or squawk up front sends me into a panic when I'm going over 45-50MPH.
In fact every single time I drive it, I'm actually anticipating a breakdown.
I must add that cosmetically, she is super clean in and out, almost like new.
I bought it with 100K 5 years ago.
It all comes down to whether or not I should keep putting money into it.
Is it really worth it, or am I just flushing money down the tubes because this thing is going to fall apart sooner than later. She is not beaten on at all, but when all is said and done, uh, it's still a Ford. Heh heh.
And some of the problems I read about here on the forum also freak me out.
I guess basically the answers I'm looking for are "@130K you better change such and such because it will fail any day now" or something like that.
I think I just need to be held and be told everything is gonna be alright.
Ha ha.