til you blow it up..haha i had to do it

 

1998's have a weak reverse gear mine exploded at 105,000 rebuilt it (reverse only) and got a new clutch 4 $1200 total

 

well.. that would be the transmission tho

 

My best friend bought an aerostar to use for some side work and its got 272k on it, runs strong and sounds good, no rattles or knocks. Oil was nice and clean when he bought it to.

 

more power then your massive 2.3 with what 112hp?

 

My 99 has 168, 607 miles on it. I take care of my truck. It should last me way past 200k. Take care of your truck, and it'll take care of you.

 

I have a 98 and mine has about 174k and the motor is running great. My reverse is almost gone and im having troubles with the other forward gears tho. I am the second owner and have put about 5k on it, Im rather hard on it but im hopping to get 200k out of it.

 

mine is a 2000 with 260K and still going strong. I take good care of my truck to.

 

A lady came into work tonight and she had a 94 ford tarus with the vulcan. it had 457,000mi on it. she said only problem she had to fix was the transmission and had one of the heads replaced. The thing ran awesome too.

 

my old mans 97 has 260,XXX same clutch to boot has had other stuff go on it but it is still kickin

 

my 95 is about to push 170 and is still goin strong

 

my 1994 has 166,000 on her, these are good motors, but not as good as toyota and honda motors.

 

My 3.slow realy isnt too bad, however It just rolled over to 43,000 and now the check engine light is on and it is running like ****! I put JBA headers on it right after I purchased it and that seemed to really help on the power issue. I am gonna take it to the shop later and see what the problem is. If its the coil pack its gonna get a screamin demon from Under dog performance! Otherwise, no problems yet.

 

I know this is an old thread, but what kind of aftermarket parts are you talking about??

 

158K. No problems!!!

 

its not how long the motor will last but how long will the trans last i have gone thought 3 of them the first one a 5400 second at 13000 an now the 3rd an 47000 all internal problems.!!!!

 

Auto right?

 

Last summer I sold my '93 Ranger 3.0L that had 220,000+ miles on it.