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Well the first thing that comes to mind is the lovely oil pan. You know, one of the millions that Ford decided to paint while it was wet, trapping moisture under the paint, which made it inevitably rot out. No big deal. $80 for a new oil pan. Oh, did I mention you have to pull the motor to change it? I got used to stopping to check the gas and fill the oil.
All the fenders were rotting.
The shocks were rotted out.
The exhaust was rotted out.
The cat was rotted out.
The coolant looked like sludge when I got it.
I forget what needed to be replaced, I only remember the $350 dollar alignment to get it to track straight.
The thing never tracked a straight line under braking, despite new brakes all the way around.
Yeah, it had an I6. 140hp and 15 mpg highway. What an engine. :rolljerk:
Sure, maybe it was abused before me, but shouldn’t one of the best F150’s ever made be able to take abuse?
Oh, and this was all at the extremely high mileage of 77-90k. In 2002. :jawdrop: Think 1997 Toyotas with 80k miles are rotting away now? But no, Japanese trucks being better is just media propaganda.
It was the product of low quality materials and shoddy manufacturing processes. God help Ford if that was one of the best F150’s ever.
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Yes I know all of the 1992 Toyota trucks are in mint condition. It’s Ford’s fault that whoever you bought the truck from didn’t take care of it. Either yours had 4:10 gears or you just drive like a moron since there are probably a couple hundred people on the Ford Truck Enthusiasts message board that get 20 mpg or better.
140 hp and 15 mpg is a stupid correlation as you are not using rated power at highway cruise speed anyway. That engine is a very efficient low speed engine. It will outpull a 302 with 40 more hp anyday. I challenge you to find a gasoline fueled, naturally aspirated engine that was EVER made by Toyota for use in a car or light truck that makes in excess of 265 lb-ft of torque at 1600 rpm as the 1992 F-150 engine does.
Lets get into some trivia. What engine was built for regular production in vehicles from 1965 to 1997? What engine powered thousands of UPS trucks for four decades? What engine powers 90,000 pieces of aircraft ground support equipment? What engine sold 33 million copies copies? What engine is widely chosen for natural gas and hydrogen fueled genset and industrial applications in the 100 hp niche?
Is it the Ford 240/300? Or is it a Toyota?
As for your $350 alignment, you got screwed. There are only two things to adjust on twin I beam front suspension. The caster plate at the top of the axle beam and the toe-in. That’s it.
