Faults:

The previous owner received the truck with no transmission, but soon replaced it. The owner than gave the truck to his son who later blew the engine, and it was replaced.

General Comments:

It has very comfortable seats, and is great for long trips.

The ford 302 gives out enough power to haul many things, but also gets about 22 mpg.

The only work I've done is put a dual exhaust on it, and neoned the interior.

Faults:

In the four and a half years that I owned the truck, only two components were ever replaced, other than routine maintenance.

Those components were the fuel pump in July 2002 and the Alternator in June 2001. Both of which were original parts and both totaled less than $40.00.

General Comments:

The truck was very stout however. The truck handled two wrecks, the first of which was a Firestone Tire blow out on the highway. I lost control of the truck and slammed into a pole, sideways, at 70MPH. The aft section of the bed had buckled in as had the aft bumper. However, the only frame damage was some slight curling at the point where the bumper was bolted on.

$500 go to damage mended. However, the repairs were not pretty. The truck was a long-bed with it's colors Blue and White. The replacement bed was from a 1990 F-150 which, in addition to the slight contour changes, was burgundy.

The second wreck was when my sister rammed the truck with her car. She placed a nice big dent between the the cab and rear tire on the driver's side. (However, my sister's Nissan Altima had to have it's back end replaced and frame straightened out.

The Truck was one of a kind. Those 435,000 miles were on her stock powerplant.

Her top 0-60 was in the range of 9.5 sec.

The only reason I sold her was due to the engine developing serious leaks after a visit to an unscrupulous mechanic. I was injured to the point where I was not even able to adjust the throttle, so I had to tearfully sell her.

Faults:

Rebuilt engine 3yrs.ago.

Two new water pumps (don't remember when).

New carberator 4v.

4 or 5 sets of valve cover gaskets (after all it is a Ford)

Alternator.

Brake booster& master cylinder.

Ignition box.

General Comments:

I inherited this truck from my father. Don't let the low miles fool you it's been worked very hard, towed a 27' camper to beach and back (about 600miles one way, once or twice per year for about 12yrs) (camper is bigger and weights 2x more than truck!). This truck runs when nothing else does.

Faults:

For 262,000 miles this truck has been incredible. The clutch has been totally rebuilt, and the engine was replaced at 90,000 miles (I don't know why.) Other than that it has been minor work off and on. I recently rebuilt the carb. and replaced the master cylinder.

The only major complaint is the rust from being a North Dakota truck. It is in need of major rust removal and repair and then a paint job.

General Comments:

This truck is awesome, turned tighter than the 2002 Ranger I had and could take it off the line.

The seats have worn out however, and it kills my back after having been used to the bucket seats of the Ranger (which I wrecked 12/13/02).