Daughter had a Ford mommy wagon about that time and that many miles which blew a transmission, and I read something about those transmissions being a problem, so it might be good to consider a replacement as Mitch suggests.
Then my daughter bought a Toyota mommy wagon and finally sold it because the dealer could never get the sliding door fixed. She's had a GL320cdi for the last 8-10 years and loves it in spite of numerous repairs; part or most of which was probably due to a dishonest dealer. (She sued the dealer for the last attempted dishonesty of $15,000 and got full restitution. Lawyer cost her $1500.) Donald Snook wrote: > Mitch wrote: "100,000 mile spark plugs that want to take the threads with > them when you finally remove them? > Or was that a different engine?" > > Rick wrote: > > "Google Ford 5.4 Spark Plug removal." > > Peter wrote: > > "Check the tranny. If it hasn't been rebuilt it's due." > > > Thanks for the info. I knew about the ignition coil issues on the 5.4L. > But, I didn't know about seized plugs. It seems like just about all vehicles > with ignition coils will need them replaced at some point at least once they > get enough miles on them. My thinking on it is it is a trade off compared > with replacing plugs, wires, distributor caps, etc. like we all used to have > to do every 15-30,000 miles on older cars. I am wondering how to check > this. I guess I could bring some tools and try to try to remove one of the > plugs. And/or see if the seller has service records showing the plugs were > replaced already. Hopefully with 180K they are not original. Even if they > were changed at 100,000 miles, they would need to be done soon. But, that's > not a huge issue. Now, Peter's warning about the transmission has me > concerned. I didn't know these had transmission issues. > > I had a 2001 Expedition previously and it was a great vehicle. In fact, my > wife pretty much claimed it when I brought it home. It had almost 180,000 > miles on it when I sold it. I never had any problems with it, except I had > to replace the fuel pump. I learned later the fuel pump was a weakness on > these vehicles and my wife was bad about running it pretty low. > > Don Snook > 2001 BMW 740iL M Sport 131K miles (for sale soon) > 2000 BMW 740iL 227K > 1992 Ford F-150 148K (possibly for sale soon) > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
