Post by SylvreKat on Feb 22, 2015 14:35:29 GMT -5
Hey, anyone know anyone who'd like a fix-up Taurus wagon? I know I posted before that the head's cracked, but my mech said we do NOT know that. All we know is the combustion and the coolant are getting friendly together (well, okay, that's not how he phrased it but this makes better sense to me)
I can give you a long list of all the stuff that I've had fixed or replaced in just the last couple years alone. Biggest ones are the power steering pump and the subframe structure and engine mounts.
Bad things besides a leaky gasket, the lift gate's pneumatics are shot, and the roof's clear coat is peeling so the paint's fading off. That apparently was a very common issue with Fords from that time.
Otherwise, he's got 198k on the odo, the third seat, power everything including lumbar support (God I miss that "bladder"!!) Yes, the radio works too (replaced that a few years back)
My mech told a guy who drove 35 minutes to look at my car (and only then asked what I meant by "head gasket failed the chemical test"--really? emailed back'n'forth at least half a dozen times, and you didn't think to ask 'til you drove 35 minutes out here? REALLY??) that I've taken care of this car like it was my baby puppy.
I do NOT want an otherwise good car scrapped. Wasteful, for one. Still in love with him, for another. So can anyone help me out here in selling my wagon?
Btb, we started him last Fri for the first time since they parked him in Dec. 20° out, insanely stupid-cold. Started right up, first try. What a good old car he is!
>'Kat
I can give you a long list of all the stuff that I've had fixed or replaced in just the last couple years alone. Biggest ones are the power steering pump and the subframe structure and engine mounts.
Bad things besides a leaky gasket, the lift gate's pneumatics are shot, and the roof's clear coat is peeling so the paint's fading off. That apparently was a very common issue with Fords from that time.
Otherwise, he's got 198k on the odo, the third seat, power everything including lumbar support (God I miss that "bladder"!!) Yes, the radio works too (replaced that a few years back)
My mech told a guy who drove 35 minutes to look at my car (and only then asked what I meant by "head gasket failed the chemical test"--really? emailed back'n'forth at least half a dozen times, and you didn't think to ask 'til you drove 35 minutes out here? REALLY??) that I've taken care of this car like it was my baby puppy.
I do NOT want an otherwise good car scrapped. Wasteful, for one. Still in love with him, for another. So can anyone help me out here in selling my wagon?
Btb, we started him last Fri for the first time since they parked him in Dec. 20° out, insanely stupid-cold. Started right up, first try. What a good old car he is!
>'Kat
Sigh. Sort of figured on that though.
Is there a thing where folks reply to CL ads only to evaporate?