Just hit 250k miles on my rusty 99 F-150 today

I bought that truck with 82k back in 2005 and it just rolled over into a quarter million on my way to a brake job. Anybody else got a beater that just wont die on em?

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blair6262mo ago

Did you ever have to replace the transmission on it or is it all original? That 4.6 or the 5.4 in there just keeps chugging along forever if you take care of them.

claire_butler12mo ago

oh man, i remember my buddy had one of those trucks and the transmission went out at like 180k but he babied that thing. his was a 4.6 though, i swear those motors just refuse to die even when everything else falls apart around them.

dakotacraig27d ago

That 4.6 is a beast for sure. My uncle had one that threw a rod at 220k but he was running it on the highway with no oil pressure for like 20 miles before he pulled over. Thing still ran after he replaced the bottom end, just a different kind of animal. Those engines are built tough but the bodies on those trucks just rust away before the motor gives up.