a few questions about a 74 mav sedan

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  1. spaste_out

    spaste_out New Member

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    just wondering if the engine is very well taken care of... what the average/highest miles the engine will last? It's a 74, with 74,000... It was driven on a regular, but infrequent basis for thirty years, otherwise sitting in a garage. Just wondering about it, generally.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    well thats not a lot of miles for a 30 year old car.....but, there is way to many variables to make a call on the quality of a motor just on the amount of miles on the OD.
     
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    I have 185,000 miles on mine. At 74,000, it's just nice & "broke-in"...
     
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    a good way to tell is a compression check on each cylinder.:)
     
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    hey, I'm in Marysville, and yea... definitely a find. I never thought I'd love a car so much!
     
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    spaste_out New Member

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    that's a great answer, thanks so much!
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    When I bought mine it had about 50,000 miles on the clock. It had sat for about 10 years in the owners barn. The only problem I had was that it used a lot of oil. The shop I took it to performed a compression and leak-down test. The problem ended up being valve seals. Guess when they get hard they allow a little too much oil to get by. Otherwise it started and ran every day.
     
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