Faults:

Had to replace the exhaust a month after I got it.

Tires (two rear).

Battery cable.

Windshield washer motor broke in the middle of winter. Let me tell ya, I absolutely love having layers of caked on crap on the windshield. Required a lot of elbow grease on my part.

I am convinced that my back problems have been caused by this truck, due to the crappy suspension and even crappier seat.

At 103,000 miles the left rear leaf spring came through the bed, due to incredible amounts of rot and rust, and Sears, but I'll get into that later.

Really annoying squealing noise which came from the transmission.

General Comments:

Okay, I'm trying really hard to be fair regarding my opinion of this truck, seeing as how I am mainly a Chevy/GM guy.

It really wasn't a bad truck per se, but when I got it, I think it was on it's last legs.

It served its purpose, as both a means of transportation, and hauling various amounts of crap around for friends and/or myself.

It cost $500 and I had it for 5 months, which I don't think is half bad. Also, I'm convinced that if freakin' Sears hadn't used an axle jack to jack it up when I was getting the new tires put on, than I would have gotten a little more mileage out of that leaf spring. Granted, it was probably about to go anyway, but they sure as hell didn't help it any.

After the whole Sears episode I made a decision to drive it until it died, which is exactly what I did. One day I went out to start it, it made some god awful noise, and that was it. Now she's resting in the local scrap yard, missing a door and various other parts (I actually saw it on one of my many jaunts through).

Overall, it was an alright truck. It's unfair to judge Ford products on one rusted out $500 piece.