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Mail From: Maria De La O (email redacted)

I'm thinking about buying a 72 coupe with about 96,000
miles on original engine, very good condition however,
garaged. I don't know anything about engines, and I'm
worried that an engine with this many miles may need a
rebuild soon. True? Does anyone have any opinions on
how many miles is average before rebuild? Cost?
Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks.


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hey,
Just a thought, 96,000 miles isn't that many. My Ford aerostar has 158k+ on
it, with only 8k on the rebuilt engine. The only reason we replaced it was
cause the rings were bad. Didn't want to go to all the trouble. On
mini-vans it's a PAIN to work on engines

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Mail From: Randy Thornton (email redacted)

Probably will need one soon. The oil back then was not nearly as good as
the oil now. 100,000 miles is a lot of miles.

----- Original Message -----
From: Maria De La O <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 12:20 AM
Subject: [CM:19279] Will I need an engine rebuild for 1972 coupe?


> I'm thinking about buying a 72 coupe with about 96,000
> miles on original engine, very good condition however,
> garaged. I don't know anything about engines, and I'm
> worried that an engine with this many miles may need a
> rebuild soon. True? Does anyone have any opinions on
> how many miles is average before rebuild? Cost?
> Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks.
>
>
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>
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Mail From: Randy Thornton (email redacted)

All these stories of engines with 100000+ miles are the exception, not the
rule. It can be much costlier to not overhaul an engine, than to go ahead
and do it. I put 167000 on my 351C and put off rebuilding because it ran
well and didn't use any oil. Then it dropped a valve, broke a piston, and
stuck a rod out the side of the block. Not sure which order. :< Overhaul
would have been cheaper than finding a 351C block.

----- Original Message -----
From: Maria De La O <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 12:20 AM
Subject: [CM:19279] Will I need an engine rebuild for 1972 coupe?


> I'm thinking about buying a 72 coupe with about 96,000
> miles on original engine, very good condition however,
> garaged. I don't know anything about engines, and I'm
> worried that an engine with this many miles may need a
> rebuild soon. True? Does anyone have any opinions on
> how many miles is average before rebuild? Cost?
> Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks.
>
>
> =====
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Bid and sell for free at auctions.yahoo.com
>
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