Damn, The repairs doesn’t end!

[Machete]

This year just did

4 cats plus pipes
Alternator
Starter
Battery
Front brakes

Now it’s the F’king upper control arms and one lower ball joint.

All the brands suck.
Ive got OE Motorcraft ball joints lasted 2 friggin years
The uppers are currently Moog.
The front shocks are weeping and those are the Monroe coil over also 2-3 years old.
They all suck!

Now I have to read till my eyeballs fall out figuring out what pos brand I’m going with.
Oh did I mention I’m going to need tires soon? Fuuuu!

Enough to go buy a friggin chevy.

 

[Trainmaster]

I had the same frustration maintaining my 2000. The time comes that nobody makes quality replacement parts for a 20 year old car... Been burned by Moog lately also. It's very difficult.

 

[Machete]

I had the same frustration maintaining my 2000. The time comes that nobody makes quality replacement parts for a 20 year old car... Been burned by Moog lately also. It's very difficult.

What do you suggest?

 

[Machete]

Moog Problem Solver series?

 

[Machete]

Considering these.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/search?text=NCD%202601540OS&referer=v2

https://www.napaonline.com/en/search?text=NCP%202605140&referer=v2

 

[tommyddsr]

But you spent less than a few months of new car payments. Always a plus.

 

[Machete]

But you spent less than a few months of new car payments. Always a plus.

LOL. True. Now to find quality parts.

 

[Trainmaster]

What do you suggest?

I bit the bullet and got rid of it. It earned its retirement. Soon after, it had a head gasket leak and the brake line above the tank rotted out. It was time to go. When something's no longer serviceable because good quality parts are no longer available, it become a classic and isn't capable of dependable service anymore.

 

[Machete]

I can get a decent set of parts for $250 w lifetime warranty so it’s worth it to me.

This rig just runs too good. All these parts are wearable parts

It’s also in great cosmetic shape.

Buying a used truck say $25k is still a used 100k-150k mile truck and I’d have to do all this crap again.

At this point I’ve replaced so many parts what else can..,.shhh.

 

[Trainmaster]

I hope the "decent set of parts" you found serves you well. I just got fed up changing parts I had replaced six months earlier. Would have loved to keep it on the road, but back then I could find a 60K truck eight years newer for $10K. It was time.

The numbers have changed now, so it's probably worth enduring a bit more nonsense to save the money.

 

[tommyddsr]

My 2000 is serving my brother in law well. I rebuilt the front end (ball joints, upper and lower control arms, disc, rotors, sway bar bushings, brake hoses) for about $1000 in parts (Moog, Powerstop) about 3 years ago. Replaced plugs and COPs (MSD) at 100K. Rebuilt trans at 65K (torque converter blew) Currently at 155K and going strong. I owned it from 2003 until 2019 and other than oil changes this was it. Still cheaper than new. So I did upgrade to a 2009 EB EL because I really wanted the EL.

 

[ExplorerTom]

Sounds like the tale of my 2000 near its end of life with me. I was blowing through radiators every couple months. I finally dumped several bottles of stop leak in it and sold it to a friend’s brother (I fully disclosed the Stop Leak) and he’s been driving it for last 19 months.

My replacement 2014 has been virtually trouble free in the 30k miles I’ve had it. And so much more comfortable to operate: it cruises at 67 decibels at 65 mph (my 2000 was in the mid 80s), it’s faster off the line, heated/cooled seats, better stereo, steering wheel audio controls……. I could go on and on.

 

[Machete]

Sounds like the tale of my 2000 near its end of life with me. I was blowing through radiators every couple months. I finally dumped several bottles of stop leak in it and sold it to a friend’s brother (I fully disclosed the Stop Leak) and he’s been driving it for last 19 months.

My replacement 2014 has been virtually trouble free in the 30k miles I’ve had it. And so much more comfortable to operate: it cruises at 67 decibels at 65 mph (my 2000 was in the mid 80s), it’s faster off the line, heated/cooled seats, better stereo, steering wheel audio controls……. I could go on and on.

That’s what I would look for, a 2014 last gen of 5.4’s, with lower miles.

 

[87comanche]

This year just did

4 cats plus pipes
Alternator
Starter
Battery
Front brakes

Now it’s the F’king upper control arms and one lower ball joint.

All the brands suck.
Ive got OE Motorcraft ball joints lasted 2 friggin years
The uppers are currently Moog.
The front shocks are weeping and those are the Monroe coil over also 2-3 years old.
They all suck!

Now I have to read till my eyeballs fall out figuring out what pos brand I’m going with.
Oh did I mention I’m going to need tires soon? Fuuuu!

Enough to go buy a friggin chevy.

Lemforderor go cheap. if they're only gonna last a couple years, why spring for middle of the road or slightly better? go top shelf or keep the money in your wallet. get a complete front from Detroit Axle on fleabay, use the control arms and you'll be sitting on a front end suspension stash and the entire set is less than just a name brand control arm set.

 

[tommyddsr]

I have used Detroit Axle, made in house in USA. Good quality parts at a decent price.

 

[Machete]

Lemforderor go cheap. if they're only gonna last a couple years, why spring for middle of the road or slightly better? go top shelf or keep the money in your wallet. get a complete front from Detroit Axle on fleabay, use the control arms and you'll be sitting on a front end suspension stash and the entire set is less than just a name brand control arm set.

I’ll look them up thanks for great idea

 

[Machete]

Lemforderor go cheap. if they're only gonna last a couple years, why spring for middle of the road or slightly better? go top shelf or keep the money in your wallet. get a complete front from Detroit Axle on fleabay, use the control arms and you'll be sitting on a front end suspension stash and the entire set is less than just a name brand control arm set.

Damn! Great value. 13pc kit $139!!! THANK YOU!!’n

 

[Brons2]

That’s what I would look for, a 2014 last gen of 5.4’s, with lower miles.

I'd rather have the Ecoboost, personally, if I was going newer. I drove a 2015 prior to buying my 2010 and it was a lot stronger, but the price was not where I needed it to be.

Nobody can say the Ecoboost has a lot of problems who came from a 5.4 3v.

 

[Machete]

Nah. I’m not a believer in ecoboost engines. I don’t want turbo and they suffer from same cam phaser issues.

 

[txbowhunter]

THE HELL YOU SAY ON THE CHEVY
I'm currently working on replacing all the tranny line just because of a leak on one of them. I've already been through the suspension 2 yrs ago and hate to stop now , and that's not counting all the other crap on the the engine...