Expedition or Excursion $6000 budget
Our big summer plans included overseas air travel so we are switching gears to an extended domestic road trip (assuming the dark cloud has lifted by august) At the moment we have no camper or TV b...
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Again, the V10 is a great engine, or it sucks... The Ford trans either sucks or it's great..
I had a 97 F150 with the 5.4 and the E4OD trans and drove it 255,000 trouble free miles.. Sure, had to replace a starter, alt, some vacuum lines...
The 97 5.4 was the worst rated Triton engine by far.. I acquired it with 60,000 miles on it with zero history on it. I just maintained the fluids and didn't MOD the hell out of it and it gave me 195,000 miles of service before I traded it in and it was still running fine.. I just wanted and could afford a new truck.
Everyone will point to the spark plug blow out issue... Well, that does and has happened, but in most cases, it was AFTER a plug change and the new plugs were not torqued properly or not at all, and bad things happened. Or, it was just fate that took over?
In general, I think that the Triton series of engines from the 4.6 to 5.4 to 6.8 have all performed well overall. I don't care for the 5.4 3v engines that came out from 2005 to 2009 or when ever, but I have a 3.5 Ecoboost and that's said to be a POS by a lot of people too.... Well, I have 86,000 on mine and it's just running fine..
I've only owned maybe 7-8 vehicles in my life since I was 16 years old.. I'm 56 years old now.. The current 2013 F150 in my life is my FIRST brand new vehicle I have ever bought.. I get a lot of years out of my vehicles for some reason.. Dunno if it's just the maintenance I do on them, or what??
Anyway, the last 3 vehicles I've owned since around 1989 has been a 86 Mustang GT (wish I still had it!). Traded it for the 1997 F150 in 2001 (wish I still had it) and traded the 97 F150 on the 2013 F150 I have now..
I'll admit, I like Ford, but I also like the other makes too... Just have not had a chance to own one of them for awhile... ha, ha...
Internet is full of advice.. But, you get what you paid for it... :)
Good luck!
Mitch
I had a 97 F150 with the 5.4 and the E4OD trans and drove it 255,000 trouble free miles.. Sure, had to replace a starter, alt, some vacuum lines...
The 97 5.4 was the worst rated Triton engine by far.. I acquired it with 60,000 miles on it with zero history on it. I just maintained the fluids and didn't MOD the hell out of it and it gave me 195,000 miles of service before I traded it in and it was still running fine.. I just wanted and could afford a new truck.
Everyone will point to the spark plug blow out issue... Well, that does and has happened, but in most cases, it was AFTER a plug change and the new plugs were not torqued properly or not at all, and bad things happened. Or, it was just fate that took over?
In general, I think that the Triton series of engines from the 4.6 to 5.4 to 6.8 have all performed well overall. I don't care for the 5.4 3v engines that came out from 2005 to 2009 or when ever, but I have a 3.5 Ecoboost and that's said to be a POS by a lot of people too.... Well, I have 86,000 on mine and it's just running fine..
I've only owned maybe 7-8 vehicles in my life since I was 16 years old.. I'm 56 years old now.. The current 2013 F150 in my life is my FIRST brand new vehicle I have ever bought.. I get a lot of years out of my vehicles for some reason.. Dunno if it's just the maintenance I do on them, or what??
Anyway, the last 3 vehicles I've owned since around 1989 has been a 86 Mustang GT (wish I still had it!). Traded it for the 1997 F150 in 2001 (wish I still had it) and traded the 97 F150 on the 2013 F150 I have now..
I'll admit, I like Ford, but I also like the other makes too... Just have not had a chance to own one of them for awhile... ha, ha...
Internet is full of advice.. But, you get what you paid for it... :)
Good luck!
Mitch
