re: advice needed for getting high miles engine rebuilt vs buying new crate engine

I went with a crate engine for my 02 F150 4.6. A Ford certified mechanic said to buy the crate.
My old motor got up to 270k until a rod started knocking.
Install was 5 grand total. Changed it this summer.

Truck still rides like a Cadillac.

They’re a pita to tap and screw out.

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4.6 2 valve

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Ford with to a 3 valve configuration for the 4.6L SOHC engine in 2005.

The 2V version was an anemic pos engine...even with the PI heads.

I've never bought a crate engine, but I have rebuilt several over the years. I've always found that the cost difference in doing a complete rebuild myself, and the cost of a crate engine to be negligible.

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The OP likely has the same 'buy once and keep alive forever' mentality that I have.

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You both are cheap frickers.....and I applaud you

Not the 07 4.6. It is the 3 valve motor that has all sorts of problems like the 5.4 had. 2 piece spark plugs, cam phasers etc.

Edit- 08 is when they started putting the 3v in the F150s. My bad

2019 XLT, Reg Cab, SWB, w/5.0 V8

Its about 200 miles away from BR, but there are others like it that may be closer to your specific location. Just get on Cars.com or Cargurus and do a 250 mile search radius with the specific truck you're looking for.

Here's a used 2013 with only 73k miles in Picayune that meets the specs you mentioned, and it's only $14,000: LINK

As for later model trucks having the rear ends jacked up, just have the truck leveled. It'll get rid of the factory rake and isn't fairly inexpensive to do (no more than a few hundred dollars).

I contimplated doing what you're talking about to my 2011 Ram that had 200k trouble free miles. Ended up getting a new truck this year bc the cost to upgrade my older one wasnt worth the time or has. I found a new F150 XLT that had everything I needed in a truck and still costs less than $40k.

2014 and 2015 chevy and gmc have bad vibration issues, they arent all bad but 1 in 5 has vibration issues

i had a brand new one i had to sue chevy to force them to buy it back

i shite you not, they claimed brand new trucks are supposed to shake and vibrate when driving on smooth paved roads

look at the video i made showing it, jump to time stamp 1:05, they said that was normal LINK

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Rebuilding or replacing the engine in a ‘07 F150 with 250k is throwing good money after bad.

The truck is worn out.

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im a skilled mechanic so i can do everything but rebuild the engine tranny and rear end, and thats only from lack of the needed equipt and special tools

the asking on the truck was $900 and there wasnt even so much as a scratch or dent on it, thats why i was looking at it.

for now im trying to find something still running with around 150-170k miles with the idea a replacement power plant is in its future