Thread: Neat story… Pajero

Originally Posted by Flyblown

In my experience of very high mileage vehicles, if a set of wheel bearings and shock absorbers are really the only wear and tear items that have been replaced by 1,061,000km, that’s remarkable. There’s lots of stories of this kind of thing on YouTube but it’s very rare to come across one that has had so little component replacement work done.

I'd tend to agree. My Ranger, 134,000Km's - replace the powertrain control module, throttle body, fuel pressure modulation valve, one towbar extension, set of rear shocks and leaf springs and front struts, 4 in-tank sender pump units, one steering rack, numerous in dash actuators, a window regulator, and still to be done (as far as we know) a fuel pressure sensor and two lower ball joints. That's just trying to keep the f**ker on the road... I'd suggest that it is far cheaper to keep this one going than replace it though, average fuel consumption on this one (a 3.2L manual) is 8.0L/100Km where the mates auto in similar useage averages 13.5L/100Km. Over 100,000Km that's almost $12,000 more fuel burnt at today's pump price ($2.17/liter). All I can say is "Built Ford Tough".