The 100,000 Mile Club

[Gobird]

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List Updated.

[DudleyM]

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Passed the 100,000 landmark while on Thunder Around the Lakes!

[FritsB]

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Spence you can add me to the list with 109,375 miles

[Skip]

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Heck, I thought this was gonna be about pretty girls and airplanes!

Seriously Spence this is a neat thread. Looks like Ron and Brad have the first '03s on the list. Will be interesting to see who has the first '04 and '05 to be added.

Bill;

I believe what you are referring to is the Mile High Club.

[Skip]

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My 2008 TaurusX just turned 100K, but I guess that doesn't count even though I usually wish I was driving my Bird when driving it. At my current rate, it will take me about 50 more years to hit 100K in the Bird. I guess I need to go on a few of the road trips to play catch up.

[Gobird]

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Updated list.

[MEK04]

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We have arrived. Our Silver bird reached 100,000 miles on our way home from The Black Hills Expedition. 164,509km or 102,221mi when we parked in the driveway last night

[sauernote]

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Old "blackie" made it. The car still looks pretty good if you don't get closer than 10 feet. I can say that about myself, too!!!

[Gobird]

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List Updated.

[Bradford]

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Add me at 112,000.

[pcoast305]

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Sounds like YOU GUYS are the right place for my question. I've just been informed that an issue has developed with the driveshaft and coupling on our Pacific Coast Roadster(2004). One bolt (out of 6) is gone and the other holes in the driveshaft are wallered out from running loose. So much so that a driveshaft AND coupling must be replaced. Gonna be around $1100. I thought I'd found a fix in an aftermarket coupling but the fastener hole damage was unrecoverable. Parts are available from Ford, but looking at a week for ETA. I figure I'll remember this next time I'm poking around my local wrecking yard and add to my parts inventory. Anybody else had to tackle this particular problem ? WBTW we are about 1K short of joining 'the club'.

[007Cruiser]

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I think you're the first to report this type of problem.

[pcoast305]

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I think you're correct. I searched everywhere I could think of with 'Driveshaft' and 'coupling' keys and came up empty. It appears that Ford also did not plan for a lot of these issues based on parts availability at this point.

[Bruce]

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Here is another milestone I will never achieve.

Today, if I add all the mileage on my 4 specialty cars I am about 65K short of the 100K needed. Then if I add my daily driver I am only about 60.5K short.

[jssantoro]

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Sounds like YOU GUYS are the right place for my question. I've just been informed that an issue has developed with the driveshaft and coupling on our Pacific Coast Roadster(2004). One bolt (out of 6) is gone and the other holes in the driveshaft are wallered out from running loose. So much so that a driveshaft AND coupling must be replaced. Gonna be around $1100. I thought I'd found a fix in an aftermarket coupling but the fastener hole damage was unrecoverable. Parts are available from Ford, but looking at a week for ETA. I figure I'll remember this next time I'm poking around my local wrecking yard and add to my parts inventory. Anybody else had to tackle this particular problem ? WBTW we are about 1K short of joining 'the club'.

I've changed these couplings on a Lincoln LS. Can you weld up the elongated holes and re drill?
There is a balance procedure in the book also. I would check the differential mounts also as bad mounts can cause flex couplings to go bad. Also the center shaft hanger bearing.