OK I know it is a guy thing but I am kind of an anal retentive when it comes to care of my vehicles (all eight of them). My 2000 Ford Excursion 7.3L turbo diesel slipped over the 300,000 mile mark late last year and I decided to treat it to a complete physical.
After being hooked up to a $20,000 machine ($2,000 for the laptop and $18,000 for the software) for about 30 minutes and going up and down on the lift twice it was given a clean bill of health. No problems with the engine, transmission, driveline or four wheel drive and nothing but a small pinion seal leak in the rear differential. A door light switch sticks sometimes on the front passenger door (how did it find that?) and the rear swaybar bushing is showing wear. Not bad for a 12 year old SUV and 304,000 plus miles. So I treated it to a complete detail and smiled all the way home.
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