Russla,

A headgasket blew on my wife's Windstart at exactly 100,000 miles. I repaired it myself then a few months later, we got a letter saying that if headgaskets failed that they would take care of it. I did not have any receipts.

The Windstar is a bad example of Ford vehicles. I've had some Fords that were outstanding and bullet proof. That's the only bad Ford I ever had.

The engine in the Valiant/Barracuda was a 273, not a 373. And the tire company which built the bad tires that Ford bought was Firestone, not Bridgestone.

Good luck,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles