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jeepman1979 · Jan 29, 2023

JKratz said:
Well I'm blaming Art Pratt if this isn't up for the towing task! Picked up a 01 Expedition today. 5.4L 4x4 original owner, garage kept w/ 104,000 miles for $6,000. Going to put some air bags in the back coils to help with "coil " squat.

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Put the airbags in it and she will tow fine, just don’t expect to get any kind of gas mileage

JKratz · Jan 29, 2023

Ya, I know mpg is gonna suck. Lol! But figured with the money I saved on spending more I can afford to feed the tank! Haha

Ghost · Jan 30, 2023

My 09 F150 5.4 went to 215K. Oil change every 5K is key to making them last IMHO.

jimbo92 · Jan 30, 2023

JKratz said:
Well I'm blaming Art Pratt if this isn't up for the towing task! Picked up a 01 Expedition today. 5.4L 4x4 original owner, garage kept w/ 104,000 miles for $6,000. Going to put some air bags in the back coils to help with "coil " squat.

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If you decide you dont like it....gimme a shout before you list it

LBarr2002 · Jan 30, 2023

Ghost said:
My 09 F150 5.4 went to 215K. Oil change every 5K is key to making them last IMHO.

You know if it was an LS motor it would have gone twice that...

jimbo92 · Jan 30, 2023

LBarr2002 said:
You know if it was an LS motor it would have gone twice that...

215 is good for a 3 valve. That 2 valve in that expedition will last till the good lord comes back.

YJeeper · Jan 30, 2023

Im at 210K on my original 3V with orginal phasers etc... I do have the chain rattle on cold startup.. Oil tensors leak down overnight. Only reason I haven't fixed it is i'd have to do the timing chains, phasers, etc when its torn down that far.. Even doing it myself its like a $3k job. Don't see me putting that into a motor with 200K on it when a new unit is in the $4k range.

The old 2V in that expo will run forever if it doesn't send the #8 spark plug through the hood... Go ahead and invest in a helicoil kit if it hasn't already been repaired.

LBarr2002 · Jan 30, 2023

jimbo92 said:
215 is good for a 3 valve. That 2 valve in that expedition will last till the good lord comes back.

Just had to give @Ghost a hard time. If it throws a spark plug through the hood you could always godzilla swap it.

JKratz · Jan 30, 2023

I got new rear coil springs, brake controller, kyb monomax shocks, and some rear air bag helpers on the way. Gonna be doing a tune up on it and I did see about the whole spark plug breaking nightmare so I guess I need to watch changing them out. Cleaned up ridiculously nice for its age.

97TJGUZZY · Jan 30, 2023

Talk to Miller about the spark plug situation, he has some special tools or a special way of doing it.

97TJGUZZY · Jan 30, 2023

Need to order some harnesses for my dads trucks for trailer brakes

jeepman1979 · Jan 31, 2023

JKratz said:
I got new rear coil springs, brake controller, kyb monomax shocks, and some rear air bag helpers on the way. Gonna be doing a tune up on it and I did see about the whole spark plug breaking nightmare so I guess I need to watch changing them out. Cleaned up ridiculously nice for its age.

The 01 5.4 doesn’t have the spark plug problem that the 3 valves have

DanStew · Jan 31, 2023

My 2001 F150 is at 319k with the 5.4L. love the truck. The spark plug seats were the biggest issue and i did launch on years ago but i repalced all seats in the engine at one time. And the intake needed a repalcement.

JKratz · Feb 5, 2023

Trailer acquired this morning! Ready for Oscar if the Expedition is. Lol!

97TJGUZZY · Feb 6, 2023

Looks great!

Ghost · Feb 9, 2023

YJeeper said:
Im at 210K on my original 3V with orginal phasers etc... I do have the chain rattle on cold startup.. Oil tensors leak down overnight. Only reason I haven't fixed it is i'd have to do the timing chains, phasers, etc when its torn down that far.. Even doing it myself its like a $3k job. Don't see me putting that into a motor with 200K on it when a new unit is in the $4k range.

The old 2V in that expo will run forever if it doesn't send the #8 spark plug through the hood... Go ahead and invest in a helicoil kit if it hasn't already been repaired.

4k is half way there... See below.