I see this all the time : old fuel filters, often never having been changed since the vehicle was new .

My 2000 Ford Ranger Trucklet came to me with the original fuel filter, only 100,000 miles but you should change filters every 10,000 miles or five years as they get restricted and this back pressure kills the electric fuel pumps on modern vehicles .

I know they're not fun to change , Fords require a special tool that fits inside the ring retainer, guaranteed you'll get a gas bath no matter what, why I think so few ever get changed out .

This is one more reason no one wants to work on oldies ~ if you look there's always plenty of "Might As Wells" that need doing and the time alone no one wants to pay for.....

The average garage parts changer / $tealer "Mechanic" only wants to do the quickest flat rate job possible and on any oldie this ensures you'll be going back time after time.....

My brother doesn't like to "waste money" on anything that isn't broken so whenever his jalopy wheezes and rattles to a halt 2,500 miles from home guess who gets stuck fixing it on the road side in Glacier National or Yellowstone park, Death Valley, North Wyoming etc. ? .

Then do I ever get a "thanx Nate "? of course not, only 'that took a long time or wow that co$t a LOT ! " .

If that van isn't rusty and you like it, DON'T SELL IT ON ! .

Replace the little things, U-Joints, drive belts etc. and keep on enjoying your hopefully PAID FOR truck .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better